Vietnamese Fish Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup vietnamese fish sauce
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons lime juice
2 minced garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon asian red chili paste or 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1/2 cup shredded carrot

Preparation

The 2 towns most noted for their fish sauce are Phu Quoc and Phan Thiet. Check the label when buying your fish sauce, the \"nhi\" signifies a high quality sauce.
Mince your 2 cloves of garlic and shred your carrot.
Combine with the fish sauce, sugar, water, chili paste and lime juice.
Stir until the sugar dissolves. Makes about 2 cups to serve.