Thai Mango Salad

I like making Asian Salads; they are easy and less fussy. With Asian salads, you usually get sweet, sour, spicy, salty in one dish. Also they are lighter on the palatte without all the oils. I espeically like Thai style salads (considering I'm not a big fan of Thai food), personally I think they are more like amuse bouche and gets the appetite going and enjoying the rest of the food. I guess I'm just partial to them coz they are convenient...hehe...

I made this salad using green unripe mangos and shredding them with my "magic" peeler. Yep, you heard it right, Magic Peeler. That's what they are called, at least that's what I was told by a Thai chef. This peeler is ususally used to shred the papaya in the Thai green papaya salad, I figured you could use it for mangos as well. Besides, it does have other functions other than shredding vegetables!! LOL! And yah, I got it from Thailand, I don't think they sell them here in Texas...;)

Recipe
Ingredients
-1 green unripe mango (choose a firm one)
-2 medium shallots
-1 cucumber (optional)
-1 carrot (optional)
-1 lime
-Fish Sauce
-Cane sugar or Brown sugar
-Small thai chillis (the spicier the better)
-Small dried shrimps (optional)

Method
-Shred mango, cucumber and carrot into matchstick size shreds and slice shallots thinly. Place them all in a bowl.
-Squeeze lime juice all over the vegetables, and add fish sauce (amount varies to your taste) and sugar (again, add as little or as much as you want). Mix it altogether and adjust taste.
-For those who wants it spicy! Chop the chilli finely and add them to the salad and mix.
-Now fry the small shrimps till crispy and use it as topping on the salad. Totally optional!!!

Note: This is a very "forgiving" dish...pretty much the taste will be good...;) You can just use mangos and it will be just as good...