Gecko Villa Beef Salad

• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 tb fish sauce (nam pla)
• 6 Shallots, thinly sliced & chopped
• 2 tbs Ground roasted sticky rice;
• 2 tbs ground dried chillies (with whole seeds, not powder)
• 1/4 c Lime juice
• 2 tbs chopped spring onions
• 2 tbs coriander leaves, chopped
• A good handfull of mint leaves

1. Heat approx half a cup of water to boiling point in a frying pan. Remove from heat.
2. Add very finely ground beef. Mix until the beef has lost its red colour - no more!
3. Remove meat and juices to a cold bowl. Allow to cool.
4. Add lime juice, fish sauce, mint and shallots to the meat, together with the chopped green onion and cilantro and the ground roasted rice.
5. Mix thoroughly.
6. Serve centred on a plate surrounded by raw long beans, raw cabbage leaf cups, Thai sweet basil leaves and fresh dill.
7. May also be presented with deep fried dried chillies (whole) and golden fried garlic or galangal.

ground beef, fish sauce, shallots, sticky rice, lime juice, spring onions, coriander, handfull of mint

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/gecko-villa-beef-salad-50017301 (may not work)