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Dry Fry the Coconut: Place both types of dried coconut into a frying pan. Turn on the heat to medium-high and stir the coconut continuously, "dry frying" until it turns golden (1-2 minutes). Place toasted coconut in a mixing bowl. Process Ingredients:
Place shrimp in a food processor and process into powder-like bits (or as fine as you can make it). A pestle & mortar works well for this too. Add this to the coconut in the mixing bowl.
Now process the peanuts, reducing them to very small pieces. (You can also chop/crush them with a knife.) Add this to the bowl.
Finally, put garlic and galangal (or ginger) into the food processor and process to very fine. (Remove any fibrous or "stringy" bits from the galangal/ginger.) Add to bowl.
Mix all ingredients:
To the mixing bowl, add the chilli powder (or chilli flakes) and fish sauce. Stir well. Note: At this point you can do a taste test, adding more chilli if you'd prefer it spicer, or more fish sauce if you'd prefer it saltier. Put the Appetizer Together:
To plate appetizer, arrange 4 or more leaves (spinach or basil - diamond shape look nice) on a platter. Spoon some of the filling onto each leaf. If desired, top with more toasted coconut. Serve with wedges of lime.
EATING INSTRUCTIONS: Squeeze a little lime juice onto one of the leaves and then pop the whole thing into your mouth at once.
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