Category: Vegetarian Recipes
Yields:
6 Servings
Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 20 Mins
Cook Time:
15 Mins
Total Time:
35 Mins
Red Curry is a popular Thai cuisine using aromatic herbs like ginger, shallots, galangal, lemongrass etc. and coconut milk. The dish can also easily be made with store bought curry pastes and as with the other Thai yellow and green curry, is often served with aromatic jasmine rice. Here is a vegetarian recipe, but for added protein, meats can also be included.
Ingredients
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For the Red Curry Paste:
- Vegetables:
Instructions
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Red Curry Paste:
- Soak red chillies in warm water for about 20 minutes. Drain and grind all the spice ingredients for the together into a fine paste except oil.
- Heat oil in a frying pan and fry this paste evenly for about 4 to 5 minutes on medium flame. Cool & use as needed. Store in refrigerator. Makes about 1 cup. Making Red Curry:
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Put coconut milk and the curry paste in a wok. Put it on medium heat and stir well. Put a lid and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- When the curry comes to a rapid boil, lower the heat and add in the cauliflower. Let this cook for about 5 minutes or so.
- Then add the carrots and snap peas. Cook for a couple of minutes, then add rest of the vegetables. Adjust salt & curry paste and add some more warm water if required (about1/4 cup).
- Simmer for a few minutes and then garnish with fresh chopped cilantro (coriander) leaves. The vegetables should be crisp and not mushy or well cooked in a Thai curry. Serve warm over some Jasmine rice.