Thai Salad: Spicy salad from easy Italian recipes

My easy and simple way of making this salad is as follow:

I crush 1 clove of garlic with not very hot chilli, then instead of using papaya I use shredded carrot, I have a special tool that I bought here in Thailand to shred the carrot you can see it on the picture. I add together lemon juice from 1 lemon and snake beans which if I was in Italy I would add the normal green beans then 1 tomato (cut into wedges ) and all this I will mix together using my mortar and pestle, in the end I add a teaspoon of sugar and fish sauce to taste (fish sauce can be bought in any Asian shop in Italy check with your town for example when I lived in Romania a year ago I found it there too. So I think you can find it anywhere.
This spicy salad can be served with rice and also can accompany fish. Try it.

Secret: Make it even better I sometimes add shrimps (cook shrimps on the pan simply and add or you can buy ready to eat shrimps and add them.
2) Add toasted peanuts yummy. All the best.

Salads

Wednesday during the Kings 80th birthday we went to the celebrations see pictures in the post below.

After we had dinner at a restaurant in Khaosan road also in the past I have posted on Khaosan road it is the backpackers paradise in Bangkok.

My son is a very funny character at only 4 and half years he has mixed characters of an actor and a politician... So after he had dinner in this restaurant he woke up and started going round like the manager shaking hands and saying hallo to people around. One of the waitress asked him to go to see what was going on in the kitchen.

Later they asked us not to leave as the boy had with the help of the cook prepared a gift for father (fathers day)and he came and presented this wonderfully arranged salad. It was amazing. Everyone clapped.

We loved the salad, we ate as much as could because really it was so so nice.

If you like it try and create your own this Christmas and please send me the pictures and we add them to this blog. I would be happy to see whatever I'm bringing you is inspiring you to go try.

Just Salad

Just lazy today, maybe because it's becoming too hot around. So I opted for a quick good salad with lettuce, tomatoes.
I hope you have a lazy day, will you?

Italian salad tips

Salads:
Make sure you wash the whole leaves in cold flowing water just before serving. Could also wash in a big container full of water.

To dry use centrifuge or the traditional way in a clean kitchen towel and shake energetically to remove all water.

Cutting:
Use hands to cut salad or a pair of kitchen scissors.

Note: Don't prepare much time earlier as it tends to wither.

dressing: add the oil first then other ingredients and lastly the salt.