Vegetarian Special
QUICK & EASY APPETIZER!
BY JUANITA LEE & HANNI LIM
Thai “Mien Khum”(serves 4 people) All the Five Flavors of Life in One Bite!
Like the Chinese, the T ais also
believe in eating a variety of good food to symbolize abundance… and this tasty T ai appetizer delivers a glorious medley of fl avors and ingredients all in one little serving! “Mien Kham” translates to mean “eating many things in one bite” and makes an auspicious starter for all lunch or dinner occasions! In just one small little leaf-cup, you’ll savour all fi ve fl avors of life: bitter (only very slight from the bettel leaf and skin of the lime), sweet (sauce), sour (lime), salty (sauce) and spicy (chilies). Make more than you need, as your guests are sure to want more than two or three servings! Gourmet Goddess Juanita says
“The secret to a great Mien Kham recipe is in the sauce! Traditionally, the sauce calls for shrimp paste, but I’ve adapted it for my vegetarian friends using my mother’s secret sambal (chili paste) recipe that does not
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require any shrimp whatsoever! This super easy-to-make sambal is simply to die for and it is the base of all my mother’s amazing curries and nasi lemak dishes… so I always make more than I need as I can use it in so many ways! You can even enjoy the sambal paste on its own, as a delicious topping for cucumbers, boiled eggs, cream crackers and lettuce! In this recipe, I’ve taken mom’s sambal and added a few more ingredients to create a heavenly Mien Kham sauce that will blend all the fl avours beautifully! If you live overseas and are having trouble fi nding Wild Bettel leaves, then substitute with lettuce cups as it’s just as good! The best part about this dish is that you can
make the sauce and prepare all the chopped ingredients ahead of time, and serve it when guests have arrived!”
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Mom’s sambal tastes great over eggs and cucumber too!
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