Hot and spicy squid salad (Yam pra-muek)

Name: Hot and spicy squid salad (Yam pra-muek)
Ingredients: 400g small squid (including tentacles); 1/2 cucumber; 1 large garlic clove, finely chopped; 20 garlic chives with flowers or a bunch of chives, cut into 2.5cm lengths; 5 spring onions, trimmed, cut in half and quartered lengthways; 5 Thai shallots (or 1–2 banana shallots), finely sliced 20 cherry tomatoes, halved; 20 cherry tomatoes, halved; 20g fresh mint, leaves picked from the stems; handful of Thai basil; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp sesame oil; 30g fresh root ginger, peeled and cut into matchstick strips; lime wedges, for serving; 3 red bird’s-eye chillies, deseeded and finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 2 heaped tbsp grated palm sugar; 2 tbsp Thai fish sauce; juice of 1/2 lime

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This delicious spicy seafood salad combines the four elements of Thai cooking: salt, sweet, bitter and sour.

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Ingredients

400g small squid (including tentacles)
1/2 cucumber
1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
20 garlic chives with flowers or a bunch of chives, cut into 2.5cm lengths
5 spring onions, trimmed, cut in half and quartered lengthways
5 Thai shallots (or 1–2 banana shallots), finely sliced 20 cherry tomatoes, halved
20 cherry tomatoes, halved
20g fresh mint, leaves picked from the stems
handful of Thai basil
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp sesame oil
30g fresh root ginger, peeled and cut into matchstick strips
lime wedges, for serving
3 red bird’s-eye chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
2 heaped tbsp grated palm sugar
2 tbsp Thai fish sauce
juice of 1/2 lime