Goi muc (squid salad)

Nuoc cham dressing

• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 fresh bird's eye chilli trimmed and deseeded if preferred
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 120 g water
• 50 g fish sauce
• 50 g rice wine vinegar
• 40 g palm sugar

Salad

• 50 g roasted salted peanuts
• 80 g fresh bean sprouts
• 80 - 100 g Chinese cabbage (wombok) finely shredded
• 1 carrot cut into matchsticks
• ½ red capsicum deseeded and cut into thin slices
• 3 baby radishes trimmed and cut into thin slices
• 10 sprigs fresh coriander leaves only
• 2 sprigs fresh mint leaves only
• 500 g calamari tubes cleaned
• 40 g peanut oil
• 2 tbsp fried shallots