Long Bean, Cucumber, and Tomato Salad

Ingredients for Long Bean, Cucumber, and Tomato Salad

• 2 dried Thai chillies, soaked for 2 minutes in warm water, drained

• 3 small garlic cloves, crushed

• 1/4 lime, cut into 3 wedges

• 1 tablespoon palm sugar or granulated sugar

• 1 tablespoon dried tiny prawns

• 9 long beans (70g) or green beans, trimmed, cut into 2 1/2" lengths

• 2 kirby cucumbers or 1 English hothouse cucumber, coarsely chopped into 1" pieces

• 2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce (nam pla)

• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

• 6 cherry tomatoes, halved

• 2 tablespoons crushed roasted, unsalted peanuts

How to make Long Bean, Cucumber, and Tomato Salad

Place first 4 ingredients in a clay mortar and pound with a wooden pestle until mashed into a fine paste, about 5 minutes. Add prawns; mash until pulverized and well combined, about 2 minutes. (Alternatively, process in a mini-processor until finely chopped.)

Add long beans to mortar; lightly crush with pestle to bruise. Add cucumber pieces, fish sauce, and lime juice. Mix well. Add tomatoes, lightly crush, and mix in. (Alternatively, place beans and tomatoes in a resealable plastic bag. Roll a rolling pin over bag to bruise vegetables; transfer to a bowl with the cucumber, fish sauce, lime juice, and chilli dressing.) Let marinate for 10 minutes. Stir in peanuts.

Disclaimer

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