SHRIMP MOUSSE ON SUGAR CANE (Vietnamese Chao Tom)

10 oz shrimp, shell removed
1-2 T fish sauce
1/2 t salt
1 t sugar
1 pinch pepper
2 T oil
8 pieces sugar cane, 8” long
1 red chili, seeded and sliced
1 c sweet and sour sauce
1/2 c cilantro

Marinate shrimp in fish sauce for at least 20 minutes. Wash shrimp, then pound into paste with salt, sugar and pepper (or grind in food processor). Form shrimp paste around sugar cane pieces, squeeze with oil until paste is tightly attached. Grill over medium charcoal heat until crisp and slightly browned. Garnish with cilantro, serve with chili and sweet and sour sauce.