Thai Dipping Sauce

Thai Dipping Sauce -

This is the traditional Thai dipping sauce used for salad rolls, spring rolls and almost everything else. Keeps indefinitely in the refrigerator.

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup white vinegar
2 tablespoons garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons Indonesian chili sauce (sambal oelek)
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/4 cup carrot, shredded

Directions:

Combine sugar water and vinegar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes.
Reduce heat. Stir in garlic, fish sauce and chili sauce. Simmer for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat. Cool and add lime juice and shredded carrot.