Ingredients

½

cucumber, peeled and julienned

1 tsp.

of salt in a bowl of cold water

250 g ( ½ lb )

lotus stems (sold in glass containers), washed, drained and cut into pieces of about 5 cm

2 tbsp.

rau ram, chopped

8

cooked, peeled and deveined medium shrimp

1 tablespoon

unsalted peanuts, crushed

4 branches

cilantro, chopped

2 tbsp.

fried onions (sold in small plastic pots)

For the vinaigrette

1 ½ tbsp.

of sugar

2 tbsp.

of lime juice

125 ml ( ½ t )

of improved fish sauce

1 clove

garlic, crushed

1 tsp.

by sambal oelek