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> If a recipe, say for Thai Pineapple Fried rice, included curry powder-
> what exactly do I need? I have green and yellow curry paste, but I have
> never used just plain old curry powder. I do have access to a large
> Asian grocery - I just need to know what to look for.
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> The recipe I want to try is he
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> http://thaifood.about.com/od/vegetar...ifriedrice.htm
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> Tracy
>

How about one that doesn't use curry powder?

http://importfood.com/recipes/tfryricandpineapple.html

Thai Stir Fried Rice And Pineapple, "Kho Pad Sapparot"


This is an ImportFood.com online Thai recipe. Here you can
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This is an unusual recipe for Thai food because it is essentially a
vegetarian dish--not common in Thailand, where even nominally
vegetarian dishes often contain meat. For two people you need a
medium sized pineapple: choose carefully it should be sweet and
juicy.

Ingredients

1 pineapple
2-3 tablespoons of chopped shallots
1-2 tablespoons grated ginger
4-5 jalapeno peppers.
The green of 2 spring onions, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon chopped coriander/cilantro
2 tablespoons dried shrimp
2-3 tablespoons garlic, coarsely chopped
1-2 tablespoons of fish sauce
1 teaspoon sugar

you also need two cups of cold, steamed Thai jasmine rice and
coriander leaves as garnish.

Method

Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise, and scoop out the fruit, then
chop it into bite sized chunks. Put the fruit in a bowl and add the
shallots, jalapeno, 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 color, 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. 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.


Bill