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              KHAO PAD SAPPAROT (STIR FRIED RICE AND PINEAP

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Serving Size  : 2    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Fruits                           Rice

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1       md           Pineapple, sweet & juicy
     2/3   tb           Chopped shallots (purple
                        -onion)
     1/2   tb           Grated ginger
     3/4                Red chilis finely julienned
   2                    Green of 2 spring onions,
                        -coarsely chopped
   1       tb           Chopped coriander/cilantro
   2       tb           Dried shrimp
     2/3   tb           Garlic, coarsely chopped
   1       tb           (to 2) fish sauce
   1       t            Sugar
   2       c            Steamed rice, cold(garnish)
                        Coriander leaves  (garnish)

  Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise, and scoop out
  the fruit (my wife uses a curved "grapefruit knife",
  but any knife will do...) then chop it into bite sized
  chunks.
  
  Put the fruit in a bowl and add the shallots, chili,
  ginger, scallion and coriander, mix and set aside. Add
  a pinch of salt to bring out the juice...
  
  In a wok, heat about a tablespoon of oil, and stir fry
  the shrimp until crispy, and the oil is aromatic.
  Remove the shrimp with a slotted spoon and drain, then
  set aside.
  
  Add a further tablespoon of oil, and stir fry the
  garlic until golden brown. Add the rice, and stir
  thoroughly. Add the fish sauce and sugar, and continue
  stirring. When the rice is heated through, add the
  pineapple mixture and cooked shrimp, and stir until
  thoroughly heated through.
  
  Pour the mixture into the pineapple shells, garnish
  and serve.
  
  Note: if you prefer fried rice to be darkish brown in
  colour, then replace half the fish sauce with dark
  sweet soy sauce.
  
  Variation: do not cook the fruit mixture. Instead put
  the fruit mixture and the stir fried rice in the
  fridge (separately) and chill all the ingredients,
  then just before serving mix them and put them in the
  pineapple skins. If you are serving cold then you can
  also add a few mareschino cherries as garnish. This
  cold variant makes an excellent counterpoint to hot
  curries and spicy chilli dishes on a hot day (and it
  gets *hot* here I can assure you, with the shade
  temperature topping 40 celsius on many a day.)
  
  This is an unusual recipe for Thai food because it is
  essentially a vegetarian dish - they are not common in
  Thailand, where even nominally vegetarian dishes often
  have quite a large amount of meat. This one has a
  little dried shrimp, and the true vegetarian could
  easily leave that out.
  
  It is also unusual in that it is rather a theatrical
  dish: though the theatricality comes from a Thai
  habbit of frugality, and perhaps a desire to have less
  dishes to wash!
  
  For two people you need a medium sized pineapple:
  choose carefully it should be sweet and juicy.
  
  From colonel@korat1.vu-korat.ac.th Sat Feb 10 12:14:52
  1996 Colonel Ian F. Khuntilanont-Philpott
  Systems Engineering,
  Vongchavalitkul University,
  Korat 30000, Thailand
 


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