Oysters with green nam jim sauce recipe

• 12 fresh oysters
• 3 coriander roots
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 4 green bird's eye chillies
• 1 pinch coarse sea salt
• 1 thin (5mm) slice of galangal (optional)
• 3 tbsp lime juice
• 3 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp golden or white caster sugar
• 1 mandarin or tangerine, juice only (optional)
• 1 scattering coriander sprigs

1. To make the dipping sauce, pound the galangal with the salt, and then pound the coriander roots, garlic and chilli to a fine paste.
2. Stir in the lime juice, sugar and then fish sauce.
3. Mix to dissolve the sugar, squeeze in the mandarin juice, taste and adjust with a tiny bit of either fish sauce, sugar or lime according to preference.
4. Shuck the oysters and spoon over a little sauce just before serving.
5. Decorate the plate with the coriander sprigs.

oysters, coriander roots, garlic, green bird, salt, thin, lime juice, fish sauce, golden, tangerine, scattering coriander sprigs

Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/47614/oysters-with-green-nam-jim-sauce-recipe (may not work)