Hot And Sour Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 red chilies, chopped
8 garlic cloves, chopped
1/3 cup fish sauce, to taste
2/3 cup lime juice
4 teaspoons palm sugar, to taste

Preparation

Pound chillies and garlic together until a paste is formed.
Transfer to a bowl, add fish sauce, lime juice and sugar to taste and stir well to mix.
Adjust flavours to that sauce is equally salty and sour with a touch of sweetness.
Rest the sauce for 15 minutes before using to allow the flavours to merge.