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     Title: MASHED AUBERGINES (NAM PRIK MAKHUA YAO)
Categories: Thai, Appetizers, Ceideburg
     Yield: 6 servings

          Stephen Ceideburg
     5    Shallots
     2    Aubergines (eggplants)
     5    Cloves garlic
     1    Fresh chili
     1 ts Salt
     2 tb Vegetable oil
     3    Eggs hard-boiled
    20    Mint leaves

 Peel the outer skin off the shallots and place them with the unpeeled
 aubergines, garlic cloves and chili under a hot grill or over a
 barbecue until browned. Peel the aubergines and garlic.

 Pound the chili, shallots and garlic together. Then add the salt and
 aubergine and pound together again.

 Fry the pounded mixture in the vegetable oil for 2-3 minutes. Remove
 from the heat. Cut the hard-boiled eggs into wedge shapes and mix in
 with the other ingredients or serve separately.

 Sprinkle the aubergine with mint leaves and serve accompa- nied by
 vegetables.

 From "Discover Thai Cooking" by Chaslin, Canungmai and Tettoni, Times
 Editions, Singapore. 1987

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