Diabetic Recipes - Vietnamese Dipping Sauce - Nuoc Mam Cham - 4g 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 oarng and 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 Vietnamese.

Vietnamese Dipping Sauce - Nuoc Mam Cham

Serving Size : 14 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiment LowCal (Less than 300 cals)
LowerCarbs LowFat (Less than 20%)
Seafood

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup water -- or coconut juice
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons palm sugar -- or granulated sugar
2 garlic cloves -- crushed
4 hot red chile peppers -- preferably Thai (bird's eye) chiles, finely chopped
1 teaspoon lemon juice -- or lime juice
2 tablespoons nuoc mam -- (Vietnamese fish sauce)

Put the water or coconut juice in a small pan with the vinegar and sugar and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.

Add the garlic, chiles, and lemon or lime juice, then stir in the nuoc mam.

Makes 3/4 - 1 cup (12 - 16 one-tablespoon servings).

VARIATIONS:
Add one of the following to the basic sauce: shredded radish or carrots, carrot pickles, chopped cilantro, a little chopped fresh ginger or chopped lemon grass.

NUOC LEO
A cousin of nuoc mam cham; use in the same way. Put 1 tablespoon nuoc mam cham (above) into a bowl and add 1/4 cup hoisin sauce, 3 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon sweet chili sauce, and 2 tablespoons finely ground dry-roasted peanuts. Stir well to mix.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 18 Calories; trace Fat (16.0% calories from fat); trace Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; trace Cholesterol; 1mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

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