Thai Green Zucchini Salad - AMY'S GARDEN

Ingredients

• 1 large or 2 small cloves garlic, peeled
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon dry-roasted salted peanuts, more for garnish
• 2 fresh bird chilies or serrano chilies, sliced
• ½ teaspoon raw sugar or white sugar
• 1 tablespoon dried shrimp (optional)
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 to 2 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla), to taste
• 2 plum tomatoes, 1 large round tomato, or 8 grape tomatoes, coarsely chopped
• ½ pound green beans, trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths (optional)
• 1 small to medium green zucchini, julienned on a mandolin or by hand