Bamboo shoot salad

Ingredients :-

400g/14oz canned whole

bamboo shoots

25g/1oz long-grain rice

2 tablespoons chopped shallots

1 tablespoon chopped garlic

3 tablespoons chopped spring

onion

2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce

2 tablespoons lime juice

1 teaspoon granulated sugar

1⁄2 teaspoon dried red chilli flakes

20 small fresh mint leaves

1 tablespoon sesame seeds,

toasted

Procedure :- 

Rinse and drain the bamboo shoots, then slice and set aside in a serving bowl.

• Dry-roast the rice in a heavy frying pan until it is golden brown.

Remove and grind to fine crumbs using a mortar and pestle.

• Tip the ground rice into a bowl.

Add the shallots, garlic, spring onions, fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, chilli flakes and half of the mint leaves. Mix thoroughly.

• Pour over the bamboo shoots, and toss together. Serve the salad sprinkled with the sesame seeds and the remaining mint leaves.