Ma Hor

Name: Ma Hor
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1/2 pineapple, cut into bite-sized pieces, or orange segments; 150g minced pork; 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, 2 shallots and 2 coriander roots, pounded; 3 tbsp palm sugar; 1.5 tbsp fish sauce; Coriander leaves and thin slices of red chilli

ม้าฮ่อ/mah HOR/

Also known as: Mah Haw, Galloping Horses, Thai Pineapple with Pork Topping

About this dish

A sweet, salty and nutty topping of pork, peanuts, palm sugar and fish sauce spooned onto pieces of fresh pineapple or orange.

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Ingredients

🍍1/2 pineapple, cut into bite-sized pieces, or orange segments

🐖150g minced pork

🥜3 tbsp roasted peanuts, finely chopped

🧄3 garlic cloves, 2 shallots and 2 coriander roots, pounded

🍬3 tbsp palm sugar

🐟1.5 tbsp fish sauce

🌶️Coriander leaves and thin slices of red chilli

Method

Serves 3

Fry the garlic, shallot and coriander root paste in oil until fragrant.

Add the pork and stir-fry until cooked.

Add the palm sugar and fish sauce and cook until sticky and dry.

Stir in the peanuts and let the mixture cool.

Spoon small heaps onto the fruit and top with coriander and chilli.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ma hor ('galloping horses') is a royal Thai appetiser praised in a poem by King Rama II and served at elegant Thai meals.

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