Thai Galloping Horses -- Vegetarian version

• 3 tablespoons garlic, chopped
• 3 teaspoons cilantro, chopped
• 2 teaspoons rice wine
• 32 peppercorns, whole or ground
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 20 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 12 cups peanuts, chopped
• 1 large pineapple, peeled
• 1 large orange, peeled and sliced in sections
• 1 avocado, firm but ripe,removed from skin,pitted and thickly sliced
• 3 red chili peppers, seeded & cut into slivers
• 1 whole fresh cilantro leaves

1. Using a blender or mortar& pestle, blend the garlic, cilantro roots, rice wine& peppercorns into a paste.
2. Add the vegetable oil to a skillet over medium heat.
3. Add the paste& stir-fry a few seconds until fragrant.
4. Add the shiitake& stir-fry until cooked, 3-5 minutes.
5. Add soy sauce, sugar and peanuts and fry until the sugar is blended into the mixture.
6. Remove from the heat& let cool.
7. Slice the pineapple into 1/2" thick rings and then cut the rings into 1/2" X 1 1/2" chunks.
8. Put a small amount of the cooled stir-fry mixture on individual pineapple chunk, orange slices and avocado slices.
9. Decorate each"horse" with a few slivers of chili and a cilantro leaf.

garlic, cilantro, rice wine, peppercorns, vegetable oil, shiitake mushrooms, soy sauce, sugar, peanuts, pineapple, orange, avocado, red chili peppers, cilantro

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/thai-galloping-horses-vegetarian-version-63476 (may not work)