Long Bean, Cucumber, and Tomato Salad

Place first 4 ingredients in a clay mortarand pound with a wooden pestle untilmashed into a fine paste, about 5 minutes.

Add shrimp; mash until pulverized and wellcombined, about 2 minutes. (Alternatively,process in a mini-processor until finelychopped.)

Add long beans to mortar; lightly crushwith pestle to bruise.

Add cucumberpieces, fish sauce, and lime juice.

Mix well.

Add tomatoes, lightly crush, and mix in.(Alternatively, place beans and tomatoesin a resealable plastic bag.

Roll a rolling pinover bag to bruise vegetables; transfer toa bowl with the cucumber, fish sauce, limejuice, and chile dressing.)

Let marinate for10 minutes. Stir in peanuts.