Ingredients
- 16 peppercorns
- 3 chili peppers (red)
- 1 pineapple
- 150 gr peanuts
- 100 gr shiitake mushrooms (fresh)
- 60 ml vegetable oil
- 30 ml soy sauce
- 20 gr sugar
- 14 gr garlic
- 5 gr sake
- 4 gr cilantro root
-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 cm thick rings & then cut the rings into 1 cm X 4 cm 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"