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Nuoc Cham With Shredded Carrots & Daikon

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      Title: NUOC CHAM WITH SHREDDED CARROTS & DAIKON
 Categories: Thai, Vegetables
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
      2 sm Garlic cloves, crushed
      1 sm Fresh red chile pepper,
           -seeded and minced
      2 tb Sugar
      2 tb Fresh lime or lemon juice
    1/4 c  Rice vinegar
    1/4 c  Nuoc mam (Vietnamese fish
           -sauce)
      1 sm Carrot, shredded
      1 sm Daikon or turnip, peeled and
           -shredded
      1 ts Sugar

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      1 lg Head of Boston lettuce,
           -separated into individual
           -leaves
      1 bn Scallions, cut 2" lengths
      1 c  Coriander leaves
      1 c  Mint leaves
      1 c  Fresh Asian or regular
           -basil leaves
      1    Cucumber, peeled in
           -alternating strips, halved
           -lengthwise and sliced
           -crosswise
      4 oz Fresh bean sprouts
 
  Combine the garlic, chile and sugar in a mortar and pound with a
  pestle to a fine paste.  Add the lime juice, vinegar, fish sauce and
  1/4 cup water. Stir to blend. (Alternately, combine all ingredients
  in a food processor or blender and process for 30 seconds, until the
  sugar dissolves. Toss the carrot and daikon shreds with the sugar in
  a small bowl. Let stand 15 minutes to soften the vegetables. Add the
  Nuoc Cham to the softened vegetables and stir.
  
  On a large platter, decoratively arrange the vegetable ingredients in
  separate groups.
 
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