Green mango salad (idea)

This is an amazingly delicious Thai salad that combines all the flavours so beloved there: sweet, salty, sour, and spicy. There are many ways to make this salad, but mine places the wonderful sweet green mango front and centre. So first, make sure you have the right kind of green mangoes. Otherwise, your salad could be very sour.

What you need:

• 1 or 2 green mangoes, cut into julienne strips
• 1 or more fresh hot chilis, very finely chopped (careful with these)
• 1 or 2 tablespoons (15-30 ml) each fresh lime juice and fish sauce
• fresh coriander (cilantro), chopped
• roasted unsalted peanuts, coarsely chopped (leave these out, obviously, if there's an allergy issue)
• red pepper, cut into julienne strips, if you like, for colour

Toss it all together and let sit for half an hour so the flavours will meld nicely. Serve with jasmine rice and Thai grilled chicken for a wonderful meal.

(the gilded frame asked me about adding sugar to this, which s/he usually does. I don't, because my mangoes are sweet. But if they're sour, a little (or a lot) of sugar is definitely needed.)