3 spicy thai basil shrimp salad Recipes

fish sauce, fresh lime juice (lemon juice can be subsituted), palm sugar (granulated sugar can be subsituted), vegetable oil, garlic clove, finely grated, fresh thai basil, minced (mint or cilantro can be subsituted), red thai red chili pepper, stemmed, seeded and minced, jumbo shrimp , preferably tiger shrimp, deviened (about 10 per lb), dried rice vermicelli, vegetable oil, scallions , trimmed an thinly sliced into rounds (white and green parts), carrots, peeled and cut into julienne strips, heads lettuce (boston or bibb), unripe carambolas , sliced paper-thin crosswise (star fruit) (optional), english cucumber, peeled , halved lengthwise, seeded, and sliced pape-thin crosswise, fresh mint sprig, unsalted peanuts

jumbo tiger shrimp (about 10 per lb), deveined, fresh lime (substitution: lemon juice), palm sugar or granulated sugar, fish sauce, garlic clove, finely grated, fresh red thai chiles, stemmed, seeded, and minced, fresh thai basil, minced (substitution: mint or cilantro leaves), vegetable oil, sour mango salad , recipe follows, green mangos, peeled , halved lengthwise, sliced using an asian shredder or julienned with a knife, carrots, peeled and julienned, red thai chiles, stemmed, seeded, and sliced into thin rounds, fresh lime juice (substitution: lemon juice), fish sauce, sugar, special equipment : asian shredder