Recipe - Grilled Thai Eggplant With Shrimp

4 Asian eggplants (about 1 1/2
pounds)
2 tablespoon Fish sauce
2 tablespoon Lime juice
1 tablespoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Thai chile paste (up to 1)
2 tablespoon Peanut oil
1 Thai, serrano or jalapen o
chile peppers, thinly
cut or sliced up (up to 3)
3 Cloves garlic, thinly cut or sliced up
3 Shallots, thinly cut or sliced up
1 pound Shrimp, peeled and deveined
One half cup Fresh mint leaves
4 Whole Boston or bibb lettuce
leaves, washed and dried
(up to 6)

Grill eggplants over high heat until skin is completely charred on all
sides. Let cool, then scrape off burnt skin with knife. Cut eggplants into
1inch slices.

Combine fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and chile paste in small bowl and
whisk until mixed.

Heat wok until almost smoking and swirl in oil. Add chiles, garlic and
shallots and stirfry 20 seconds or until fragrant. Add shrimp and cook 1
minute. Stir in fish sauce mixture and cook 1 minute or until shrimp are
cooked.

Remove wok from heat. Stir in eggplant and mint leaves, reserving few
leaves for garnish. Correct seasoning, adding lime juice or sugar to taste.
(Mixture can be served either hot or at room temperature.)

To serve, line small plates or platter with lettuce leaves. Spoon eggplant
mixture on top. Garnish with reserved mint leaves. Or, if desired, eat
eggplant mixture rolled up in lettuce leaves.

Posted to FOODWINE Digest 25 Jan 97 by "Ted D. Conley"
tedconley@EARTHLINK.NET on Jan 25, 1997.