Gloria'S Shrimp Appetizers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. large shrimp
dill
lemon
peppercorns
bay leaf
6 to 8 dried Chinese mushrooms
4 to 6 plum tomatoes or 3 to 4 medium tomatoes
1/2 c. chopped scallions
1/2 c. flat or Italian parsley (cilantro)
2 to 3 cloves garlic
2 thin slices fresh ginger (about 1 Tbsp. minced)
3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 Tbsp. sesame oil (or to taste)
1 Tbsp. safflower oil
4 to 5 dashes Chinese chili sauce or any hot red pepper sauce

Preparation

Boil shrimp with dill, lemon, peppercorns and bay leaf.
Soak the mushrooms for 30 minutes; cut off stems and put in blender with tomatoes, scallions, parsley, garlic and ginger.
Put mixture into a bowl with the vinegar, sesame oil and safflower oil.
Add the chili sauce.
Taste.
You may want to add a little more ginger or sesame oil.
(It looks like a coarse chop.)
Peel and devein shrimp and toss with vegetable mixture.
Or use mixture on grilled fish, swordfish particularly, at room temperature.