Nahm Jim Sauce

Ingredients

6 cloves garlic
6 small bird’s eye chilles
1 long red chilli
4 tbsp white sugar or palm sugar
3 tbsp fish sauce
juice of 2 limes
1 tbsp finely chopped coriander (cilantro) stalks and leaves

Directions

Use a mortar and pestle to pound the garlic and chillies to a rough paste. Then, using the pestle, stir in the sugar, fish sauce and lime juice.

Transfer to a serving bowl and stir through the coriander.