Thai Curry (green)

Hello dear readers! Today I’m going to share a Thai recipe which we frequently prepare at our place. In Mangalore we like it at a place called ‘Onyx’ . It is one of the best we had. And our favourite is the green/yellow version. We also get ‘Red Thai curry’. We follow the short cut method by using the store bought Thai curry paste as we don’t get all the ingredients easily. The main flavour of the dish is Kafir lime leaves, Galangal which is a Thai ginger and  lemon grass . We have lemon grass and galangal at our place .So whenever we make Thai dishes we pluck it freshly from our garden. Coconut milk is the base of most of the Thai recipes. And one more ingredient is  Madras curry powder. If you get different types of mushrooms you may use it. At times we get ‘Bird eye chilly’ which is Thai chilly, so I add it in the curry whenever available. You may also add cooked chicken to make it chicken Thai curry.

Ingredients:

Mushroom – 200g

Broccoli and cauliflower – few florets

Bok Choy – few

Carrot – 1

Zucchini – 1 cup (yellow and green)

Red capsicum – Half

Green  capsicum – Half

Yellow capsicum – Half

Bird eye chilly/ thai chilly – 2(optional)

Basil leaves – few

Oil – 1 tbsp

Coconut milk – 1 .5 Cups

Curry powder – 1/2 tsp (optional)

Sugar – 1 tsp or to taste

Lemon grass – few stalks(optional)

Galangal – Hal inch piece, chopped(optional)

Green thai curry paste – 1 tsp(diluted)

Salt – to taste

Pepper powder – a pinch

Method:

1. Heat oil and saute the vegetables slightly.
2. Keep it crunchy.
3. Add the diluted Thai curry paste, pepper powder, salt and sugar to taste.
4. Add coconut milk, lemon grass stalks, Galangal and take a small boil.
5. Adjust the spices according to your taste.
6. Lastly add basil leaves and give it a mix.
7. Serve it hot with Steamed rice or thai rice.

My notes:

• Adding lemon grass and galangal is optional.
• Instead of Galangal you may add Indian ginger.
• If you get Kaffir lime leaves  add it in the gravy.
• You may also add basil leaves .
• You may assort and add any vegetables of your choice.