4 sweet palm fruit Recipes

vegetable oil, divided, shallots, peeled, cut into thin rounds, white peppercorns, whole star anise, fresh cilantro stems, chopped, garlic cloves, halved, peeled fresh ginger, thick slices boneless pork shoulder (boston butt; about 10 oz), palm sugar, water, divided, fish sauce (such as nam pla or nuoc nam), fresh lime juice, fresh cilantro stems, fish sauce (such as nam pla or nuoc nam), palm sugar, bird chiles, stemmed, garlic clove, peeled, green (under-ripe) mango, peeled , fruit cut from pit into long thin strips, loosely packed) fresh cilantro leaves, loosely packed) fresh mint leaves, red jalapeno chile, seeded , cut into matchstick-size strips, kaffir lime leaves, very thinly sliced, peeled fresh ginger , cut into matchstick-size strips, vegetable oil, whole trout (each about 3/4 lb), scaled, boned with head and tail intact, if desired

jicama, peeled,quartered and thinly sliced (sengkuang), unripe green mango, pineapple, peeled ,quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced, green apple, quartered,cored and thinly sliced, guava, quartered and thinly sliced (preferably seedless ), star fruit , thinly sliced into stars, kiwi fruits, peeled and thinly sliced, pomegranate, peel and separate seeds, skinless peanuts, toasted and chopped, sesame seeds, toasted, dark soy sauce (sweet ), light soy sauce, freshly-squeezed lime juice, sunflower oil or 1 tbsp palm oil, palm sugar, finely chopped (gula melaka), white sugar, birds eye chiles, finely chopped (cilipadi)

thai black (glutinous) rice, thai long-grain sticky (glutinous) rice, well-stirred canned unsweetened coconut milk (about 12 oz), palm sugar or firmly packed brown sugar, salt, accompaniments: slices of peach , mango, star fruit, or other soft acid-sweet fruit