Thai Red Curry.

[milluv a tokeman]

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Just had a bash at my first Thai curry, (f*cking delicious,even though I say it myself) It's simplicity itself.

Red Curry Paste.

Ingredients.

4 plump cloves of garlic.

6 deseeded red chillies.

2 lemon grass stalks.

1 red onion.

1.1" piece of root ginger

rind from 1 lime.

1 tsp ground coriander seeds.

1 tsp ground black pepper.

1 tsp salt.

1/2 tsp ground cummin.

1 tbsp fish sauce.

6 fresh corander stalks.

1 tbsp freshly ground bud.(or 1 tsp good hash).

Method.

Zap the lot in a food processer into a paste and bung into the fridge.

Other ingredients.

500g (1lb 2oz) chicken breast, cubed.

2 tbsp veg oil.

1 tbsp fres ground bud (or 1 tsp good hash)

1 clove garlic,crushed.

1 quantity of Thai red curry paste (see above).

2 tbsp fish sauce.

1 tbsp light brown sugar.

400ml can coconut milk.

method.Heat the oil in a frying pan,not too hot, add garlic and bud/hash and stir for about 1 minute.Add red curry past and stir for a further minute or so.Add chicken coating it evenly with the sauce and cook for 5 minutes.

Stir in the fish sauce,sugar and coconut milk,bring to the boil and simmer for 20/25 minutes.Serve with rice. This will do 4 servings ( or two munchie servings)

Enjoy.

lap M.A.T.