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Khao Suay (steamed Jasmine Rice) Recipe

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Ingredients

2 tb Dried shrimp
13/16 Red chilis finely julienned
1 md Pineapple, sweet & juicy
Coriander leaves
1 tb sliced coriander/cilantro
2/3 tb sliced shallots
1 ts Sugar
2 c Steamed rice, cold
2/3 tb Garlic, coarsely sliced
1 tb fish sauce
1/2 tb Grated ginger
2 Green of 2 spring onions, coarsely sliced

Directions

Step #1 Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise, & scoop out the fruit (my wife uses a curved "grapefruit knife", but any knife will do.
Step #2 --.
Step #3 --.
Step #4 ) then chop it into bite sized chunks.
Step #5 Put the fruit in a bowl & add the shallots, chili, ginger, scallion & coriander, mix & set aside.
Step #6 Add a pinch of salt to bring out the juice.
Step #7 --.
Step #8 --.
Step #9 In a wok, heat about a tbsp of oil, & stir fry the shrimp until crispy, & the oil is aromatic.
Step #10 Remove the shrimp with a slotted spoon & drain, then set aside.
Step #11 Add a further tbsp of oil, & stir fry the garlic until golden brown.
Step #12 Add the rice, & stir thoroughly.
Step #13 Add the fish sauce & sugar, & continue stirring.
Step #14 When the rice is heated through, add the pineapple mixture & cooked shrimp, & stir until thoroughly heated through.
Step #15 Pour the mixture into the pineapple shells, garnish & serve.
Step #16 Note: if you prefer fried rice to be darkish brown in colour, then replace half the fish sauce with dark sweet soy sauce.
Step #17 Variation: do not cook the fruit mixture.
Step #18 Instead put the fruit mixture & the stir fried rice in the fridge (separately) & chill all the ingredients, then just before serving mix them & put them in the pineapple skins.
Step #19 If you are serving cold then you can also add a few mareschino cherries as garnish.
Step #20 This cold variant makes an excellent counterpoint to hot curries & 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.
Step #21 ) 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.
Step #22 This one has a little dried shrimp, & the true vegetarian could easily leave that out.
Step #23 It is also unusual in that it is rather a theatrical dish: though the theatricality comes from a Thai habbit of frugality, & perhaps a desire to have less dishes to wash! For two people you need a medium sized pineapple: choose carefully it should be sweet & juicy.
Step #24 From colonel@korat1.
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Step #27 th Sat Feb 10 12:14:52 1996 Colonel Ian F.
Step #28 Khuntilanont-Philpott Systems Engineering, Korat 30000, Vongchavalitkul University, Thailand.
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