New food: Vietnamese Beef And Lettuce Curry

I made this a few days ago and let me tell you personally it is amazing. Just thinking about it is making my mouth water, it was so good. Best part is that its cheap and easy to make, and it tastes better then ordering food. So I think this works well for a student to make because 1.) its cheap and 2.) it tastes good and 3.) there are a lot of left overs so you can have dinner for like a week. Without further stalling here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

1 cup uncooked long grain white rice 2 cups water 5 teaspoons white sugar 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 cup fish sauce 5 tablespoons water 1 1/2 tablespoons chile sauce

1 lemon, juiced 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 pound ground beef 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 (28 ounce) can canned diced tomatoes 2 cups lettuce leaves, torn into 1/2 inch wide strips

Directions:

1.	In a pot, bring the rice and water to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 25 minutes.
2.	In a bowl, mash together the sugar and 1 clove garlic with a pestle. Mix in the fish sauce, water, chile sauce, and lemon juice.
3.	Heat the oil in a wok over high heat, and quickly saute the 3 cloves garlic. Mix the beef into the wok, season with cumin, and cook until evenly brown. Pour in the tomatoes and about 1/2 the fish sauce mixture. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes, until thickened.
4.	Toss the lettuce into the beef mixture. Serve at once over the cooked rice with the remaining fish sauce mixture on the side. And here it is your done, enjoy.