Recipe - Galloping Horses -- Vegetarian Version

1 One half tablespoon Garlic, chopped
1 One half teaspoon Cilantro root, chopped
1 teaspoon Sake
16 Peppercorns, whole or ground
4 tablespoon Vegetable oil
10 ounce Fresh shiitake mushrooms,
thinly cut or sliced up

SEASONINGS
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 One half tablespoon Sugar
Three fourths cup 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 & stirfry until the aroma is
released, a few seconds. Add the shiitake & stirfry 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 stirfry 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"

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