Piquant Thai Dipping Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	59ml	Tomato sauce
3 tablespoons	45ml	Lime juice
2 tablespoons	30ml	Light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Chinese chili sauce
1		Garlic clove - minced
2 teaspoons	10ml	Fresh mint leaves - coarsely
1 teaspoon	5ml	Lime peel - grated or minced
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cornstarch mixed with
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cold water

Recipe Instructions

In a small saucepan, combine tomato sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, chili sauce, garlic, mint and lime peel. Bring to a low boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes.

Return sauce to a low boil and stir in enough of the cornstarch mixture to lightly thicken sauce.

Strain sauce through a sieve placed over a small serving bowl. Let sauce cool at least 10 minutes; sauce is best at room temperature. Serve with chilled shrimp.

From "Pacific Flavors" by Hugh Carpenter. (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1990).

Source:
"Welcome to Our Family Dinner Table"

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