Thai Green Curry in 30 minutes made byfreshening up store bought curry pasteOR with ahomemade green curry paste!
Make this withchickenor even entirelymeat free.
Thai Green Curry recipe
The singlemost requested recipeis finally here!!
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We love the colour, the spiciness, and how fragrant the creamy sauce is.
Luckily, when we make it at home, we can dial back the spiciness substantially.
Whether made with curry paste in a jar ORhomemade green curry paste!
But its justnot viable to do that every timeI have a hankering for curry.
So Ill reach for curry paste in a jar.
Its sold at Woolies, Coles (Im in Australia) and Asian grocery stores.
(here it ison AmazonUS).
Maesri yields the closest result tohomemade green curry paste.
So what I do is freshen it up usingfresh garlic, ginger and lemongrass.
It works a treat!
Coconut milk full fat like!
Fat is where the flavour is, if you use low fat coconut milk the sauce will lack flavour.
You could even use coconut cream, if you want a richer version!
Finishing:
Thai Basil essential for a true green curry experience!
Tastes like Italian basil with a slightly more aniseedy flavour
Lime juice just a squeeze, for freshness!
The curry paste also has small Thai chillies which provide the fiery heat that green curry is known for.
If you make your owngreen curry paste, you could skip the spicy chillies without compromising on flavour!
The essential step here is tofry off the curry paste,whether using store bought orhomemade.
This is the equivalent to sauteing garlic until golden, a step used in virtually all my savoury recipes.
Homemade vs curry in a jar
Heres a comparison of the two.
Certainly better than many local Thai restaurants which are often far too sweet, weak, or watery.
Thehomemade curry pasteversion is also slightly greener owing to the fresh chillies and coriander/cilantro blitzed into the paste.
Thai Green Curry is….
Very fragrant from all the herbs and aromatics in the curry paste.
Creamy, sweet,and salty.
But all too often, Thai takeout places make it far too sweet!
Spicy its meant to be!
Its about as spicy asPanang Curry maybe even a wee bit spicier!
Sauce is not as thickasThai Red Curry, its meant to be a thinner sauce.
It kind of looks like spinach soup!
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Completely addictive
Serve green curry withjasmine ricefor a true Thai restaurant experience.
And dont forget some ice cold beer to temper the heat!
(Neither can I Ialwaysforget not to breath in the chilli fumes!!)
