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      Title: Nam Prik Pao
 Categories: Colonel, Sauces, Thai
      Yield: 1 Batch

      4 tb Oil
      2 tb Garlic; chopped
      3 tb Shallots; chopped
      3 tb Prik ki nu daeng; chopped
           - (red birdseye chiles)
      1 tb Dried shrimp
      1 tb Fish sauce
      2 ts Palm sugar

 In a small skillet or wok heat the oil on medium heat, sautee the garlic,
 remove and reserve. Sautee the shallots, remove and reserve. Sautee the
 chillis until they darken, remove and reserve. In a mortar and pestle or
 food processor, reduce the shrimp to a paste. Add the chiles, garlic and
 shallots, in that order, grinding and combing them each in turn.

 Reducing the heat to low, return the paste to the oil, warm to form a
 smooth paste, then add the fish sauce and combine. Finally add the sugar,
 stirring until absorbed into the paste.

 Special thanks to Muoi Khuntilanont

 From: "Colonel I.F.K. Philpott" 
 Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 13:43:40 -0700

 Chile-Heads Digest V3 #071

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