Diabetic Recipes - Thai Nam Jim - Green Chile and Cilantro Sauce - 8g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber

This is a healthy recipe for diabetics because people who have diabetes then that person should really keep food consumption so as not to affect blood sugar levels. If not then the blood sugar level will rise to so disrupt the performance of important organs in the body. This recipe is also good for the vegetarian diets. This recipe comes from various countries and has been recommended by nutrition experts that the best safe for consumption by diabetics. This diabetic recipe from Thailand.

Thai Nam Jim - Green Chile and Cilantro Sauce

Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiment LowCal (Less than 300 cals)
LowerCarbs LowFat (Less than 15%)
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 tablespoon sea salt -- or kosher salt
3 garlic cloves
3 shallots -- chopped
1 handful cilantro leaves -- generous, plus the scraped and cleaned roots
4 small hot green chile pepper -- seeded and chopped
3 tablespoons palm sugar -- or brown sugar
3 tablespoons nam pla -- (Thai fish sauce)
8 limes -- juice only

Put the salt, garlic, shallots, and cilantro leaves and roots in a mortar and pestle, and pound until crushed.

Add the chiles and sugar and pound again, then remove to a bowl.

Add the nam pla and lime juice and mix thoroughly. The dressing should taste hot, sweet, sour, and salty. Add more palm sugar to make it sweeter or more nam pla to make it more salty.

Makes about 1 cup (16 one-tablespoon servings).

VARIATIONS:
Replace the green chiles with Dutch or Indonesian lombok chiles, for a slightly less hot version.

SWEET THAI DRESSING:
Add 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce to the basic recipe. Great with grilled beef or calamari salad.

A wonderful dressing, simple and addictive, one of the staples of the Thai kitchen and a great way of learning about the balance of flavor in Thai cooking. There is a number of variations, but the key elements remain the same: hot, sour, salty, and sweet - exemplified by chile, garlic, lime juice, fish sauce, and palm sugar, all hallmarks of the country's cuisine. This recipe calls or cilantro roots, but if they are unavailable, just use the leaves.

Great for enlivening salads...

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 32 Calories; 1g Fat (11.7% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; trace Cholesterol; 354mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0