Tasty Leaf-wrapped Tidbits(Miang Kam)

Miang Kam is a tasty snack often sold as street food. It is wrapped pieces of different elements in a leaf with a sweet-salty sauce. Chewing All the ingredients are many vessels taste on the tongue and mouth a thrilling experience - the rich, roasted flavors of coconut and peanuts, the tanginess of lime with enthusiasm and bursts of diced ginger and pepper. Makes a great party.



Ingredients
◦ 1-2 grapes, spinach, or 1 lettuce, tear leaves into 3 - to 4-inch round or square pieces

Ingredients for the filling
◦ 1 / 2 cup roasted salted peanuts
◦ 1 / 4 cup small dried shrimp
◦ 1 / 2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut toasted
◦ 1 / 3 cup diced ginger (about the size of a pea)
◦ 1 / 3 cup onions or shallots, diced the same size as the ginger
◦ 1 lime, cut into small slices peanut-size, each with both zest and juice sacs
◦ 4 heads of garlic in brine, peeled and pear peanut-sized pieces
◦ 6 serrano peppers into thin semicircles, or use Thai Chili (Prik Kee Noo), sliced
◦ 1 / 3 cup cilantro leaves


Ingredients for the sauce:
◦ 1 / 4 cup finely ground dried shrimp
◦ 1 / 2 cup grated coconut roasted
◦ 1 / 4 cup roasted salted peanuts
◦ 1 / 4 cup sugar or coconut palm
◦ c. 2 soup. Fish Sauce (Nahm bplah), or to taste
◦ 1 / 2 cup water


Toasted coconut, cool or dry unsweetened shredded coconut in a cast iron pan and dry on medium heat. Stir frequently until the coconut crumbs evenly golden brown and very aromatic. Garlic in brine in pots on the markets are South East Asia.


The leaves of lettuce or spinach filling ingredients in a large serving platter Order, piling each separately and aesthetic for the presentation.


To make the sauce, chop the dried shrimp, toasted coconut and peanuts separately and as finely as possible in a clean coffee grinder. (For the dried shrimp, measure 1 / 4 cup of the shrimp to the ground.) Put in a pot of palm sugar, fish sauce and water. Reduce boiling, heat, and cook, stirring constantly, to ensure that all ingredients are well mixed, and the sauce as smooth as possible. Approx. Bake 10-15 minutes, or until the mixture thickens to the consistency of the dough to light. Pour into a bowl with sauce and allow to cool to room temperature before use. The sauce is even thicker as it cools.


To eat, take a leaf lettuce or spinach, fill it with a little "all with a touch of sauce, roll or wrap the package of orders chew in his mouth, left and enjoy all at once. The explosion of flavors!