BBC Food - Recipes - Chicken salad with Thai basil and coconut dressing

Ingredients

• 50g/2oz palm sugar
• 50ml/2fl oz fish sauce
• 2 x 400ml/14fl oz cans coconut milk
• 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
• ice cubes (optional)
• 8 lime leaves , very finely sliced
• 4 red Thai shallots , peeled, thinly sliced
• 1 red pepper , seeds removed, finely sliced
• 3 small red chillies, finely sliced
• 1 cucumber , cut in half lengthways, seeds scooped out with a teaspoon, flesh julienned
• 1 large bunch coriander , leaves only
• 1 small bunch mint , leaves only
• 1 small bunch Thai basil , leaves only
• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp cold water
• 4 square pieces banana leaf, 15cm x 15cm/6in x 6in (available from some Asian grocers)
• 50g/2oz roasted salted peanuts , lightly crushed
• 1 coconut , shell removed, flesh thinly sliced (optional)