Galloping Horses -- Vegetarian Version

Categories: Appetizers | Thai | Snacks | Vegetarian

Serves: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

1 1/2 tb Garlic, chopped
1 1/2 ts Cilantro root, chopped
1 ts Sake
16 Peppercorns, whole or ground
4 tb Vegetable oil
10 oz Fresh shiitake mushrooms,
-- thinly sliced

Instructions:
---------------------------------SEASONINGS---------------------------------
2 tb Soy sauce
1 1/2 tb Sugar
3/4 c Peanuts, chopped
1 lg Pineapple, peeled

----------------------------------GARNISH----------------------------------
3 Red chili peppers, seeded &
-- cut into slivers
Whole fresh cilantro leaves

Using a blender or mortar & pestle, blend the garlic, cilantro roots,
sake & peppercorns into a paste. Add the vegetable oil to a skillet
over medium heat. Add the paste & stir-fry until the aroma is
released, a few seconds. Add the shiitake & stir-fry until cooked.

Add all the seasonings & fry until the sugar is blended into the
mixture. Remove from the heat & let cool.

Slice pineapple into 1/2" thick rings & then cut the rings into 1/2"
X 1 1/2" chunks.

Put a small amount of the cooled stir-fry mixture on each pineapple
chunk. Decorate each "horse" with a few slivers of chili & a cilantro
leaf.

VARIATION: Replace the pineapple with either navel oranges or firm
avocado slices.

Puangkram C. Schmitz & Michael J. Worman, "Practical Thai Cooking"

File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/vegan4.zip

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