Thai Curry Recipe

Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut cream
- 1 Tbsp curry paste of your choice
- 4 oz bite-size Chicken thigh, beef /Tofu(V)
- 1 cup Water, chicken stock or veg broth (V)
- 1 Tbsp melted palm sugar
- 1 Tbsp fish sauce (GF) OR Soy sauce (V)
- 5 kaffir lime leaves, julienne
- ½ cup Thai basil leaves (Do not use Italian basil)
- 1 spur chilies
- ½ cup Veg (Cherry tomato for red, Bamboo shoot for green, Potato for Massamun)
- Only for Massaman curry: Add one tbsp of tamarind and one tbsp of crushed peanut
Instruction
- On the stove,
- Add the coconut cream 1/4 cup. Slow cook until the oil separates from the coconut cream. (Very important for a good curry)
- Add curry paste and sauté, stirring over medium heat for about 2 minutes until aromatic. If the paste sticks to the bottom of the pan, you can deglaze it with a bit of coconut milk.
- Add meat and stir to mix with the paste.
- Add coconut cream slowly until finished.
- Add julienne kaffir lime leaves, palm sugar, and fish sauce or soy sauce (V).
- Add chicken or tofu (V)
- Add vegetable (Bamboo shoot for green curry, Potato for yellow curry, cherry tomato for Red curry)
- Bring to a simmer and let simmer gently for 10-15 minutes or until the chicken is fork-tender.
- Season with Sugar, Fish sauce or Salt/soy sauce for veg until you like it.
- Stir in Thai basil and spur chilies
- Serve on jasmine rice.