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Title: Sweet And Sour Cucumber Relish (Taeng Kwa Brio
Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients

      1    stephen ceideburg
      2 lg cucumbers, peeled, halved
           -lengthwis; e and sliced thi
      1 sm red onion, peeled, halved
           -and slice; d thinly
    1/2 ts dried red chili flakes (or
           -more)
      4 tb granulated sugar
    1/2 c  water
      5 tb white vinegar
    1/2 ts salt

Instructions

Here's an excellent side dish to go with Satay, grilled fowl or meats,
fish--just about anything you can imagine.

Sweet and Sour Cucumber Relish (Taeng Kwa Brio Wan)

Toss the cucumber, onion and chili flakes together in a bowl. In a small
saucepan, over low heat, dissolve the sugar in the water. Remove from heat
and stir in the vinegar and salt. Pour this mixture over the veggies. Stir
and refrigerate until served.

From "The Original Thai Cookbook" by Jennifer Brennan GD/Perigee, published
by Putnam. 1981.

This a is quick 'n' easy dish that's refreshing--good for a barbecue on a
hot summer day. Some of the sucessful variations that I've tried have been:
Rice vinegar for white, add thinly sliced red or green hot chilis, use palm
sugar instead of granulated.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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