| 1 | Description: the blend of fresh herbs and lime juice makes this salad very refreshing. |
| 2 | This laab recipe was taken to bangkok by the people of the northeast and is one of the favorite dishes of thailand. |
| 3 | Other meats such as chicken or pork can also be used. |
| 4 | Directions: combine the ground beef with the lime juice, fish sauce, galangal powder and shallots. |
| 5 | Heat a skillet and cook the ground beef mixture on medium-high heat for 5 minutes or until the beef is cooked. |
| 6 | Remove the skillet from the heat and add the chopped green onion and cilantro and the ground roasted rice. |
| 7 | Mix thoroughly so that everything is well combined. |
| 8 | Remove to a serving plate, spoon the ground pepper on the side of the plate if desired, and garnish with the mint leaves. |
| 9 | Serve with an accompaniment of raw vegetables, such as long string beans or snake beans, sliced cabbage, green leaf lettuce/chinese lettuce, basil leaves, and swamp cabbage or spinach. |
| 10 | ** terms roasted sticky rice: prepared by adding raw sticky rice to a hot skillet and cooking until it is golden brown. |
| 11 | Add a tablespoon of water to the pan at occasional intervals. |
| 12 | Grind in a mortar with a pestle if ground roasted sticky rice is needed. |
| 13 | Galangal (kha): a relative of the ginger root, galangal is pale yellow and has a unique, delicate flavor. |
| 14 | Fresh young ginger root, but not dried ginger, is an adequate substitute, but does not properly replace the unique flavor. |
| 15 | Fish sauce (nam pla): a salty, pale brown liquid used widely in thai cooking, this is made from fermented small fish or shrimp. |
| 16 | The fish are salted and fermented in jars and then the liquid is collected. |
| 17 | It adds salt to many dishes and is essential for authentic thai flavors--and is available from asian food stores. |
| 18 | Typed |
