Galloping Horses Bites

This is a vegetarian version of the ever so popular appetizers that are a hit at parties! A Thai recipe called Ma Hor. The sweet and salty work so well together. As a bonus you can make them ahead of time. From Olive magazine. Ma Hor means galloping horses.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 15-16 bites

Ingredients

•  vegetable oil
• 8  shallots, finely sliced or 1 -2  red onion
• 2  tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
• 1  tablespoon palm sugar or 1  tablespoon light brown sugar
• 2  tablespoons soy sauce
• 1  small fresh pineapple, cut into cubes (or 4 rings from a can)
• 1  lime
• 1  red chili pepper, sliced finely
• 1⁄4-1⁄3 cup fresh cilantro (coriander leaves)

Directions

1. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry the shallots until they brown. Reduce the heat and add the peanut butter, sugar and soy sauce and stir until the sugar has melted. The mixture should be sweet and salty so add a little salt if you need to. Cool.
2. Arrange the pineapple cubes on a plate and put a heaped tsp of mixture on each. Top each with a squeeze of lime, a piece of chilli and a cilantro leaf.