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Footprints in Thailand,

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Thailand
Mieng Kum - Thai Welcome Pack
Ingredients (Sweet sauce)
50 g. roasted coconut flesh
25 g. finely chopped dried shrimp
1 tbsp. finely chopped ginger
1 tbsp. finely sliced shallot
1/2 tbsp. shrimp paste
50 g. palm sugar.
1 tbsp. fish sauce.
1/2 cup water
30 g. ground roasted peanut.
 
Ingredients (Snack)
100 g. roasted coconut flesh
25 g. ginger (cut in cube)
25 g. shallot (cut in cube)
40 g. lime (cut in cube)
50 g. dried shrimp
25 g. roasted peanut
100 g. sliced chilli
16 Cha- Plu leaves
    (or lettuce or cabbage leaves)
Mieng Kum - Thailand
Method (Sweet sauce)
1. In the mortar, put roasted coconut flesh in and pound well, transfer to the bowl.
2. In the mortar, put ginger, shallot, dried shrimp, shrimp paste and pound well.
3. Put the ingredients in step 1 and 2 into the pot.
4. Add palm sugar and water in the pot.
5. Place the pot over medium heat, stir continuously until boiling, add ground peanut
    occasionally.
6. Keep boiling for 15 minutes, then put in fish.
7. Keep boiling 5 more minutes or until the sauce becomes thick.
8. Allow to cool and transfer to bowl.
 
How to eat
1. Fold Cha-Plu leaf into cone shapes
2. Put roasted coconut flesh, ginger, shallot, lime, dried-shrimp, peanut, chilli into cone.
3. Top with sweet sauce.