Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Thai Red Chicken curry

Couple of days back I ran into an old friend of mine at a bus stop, after few minutes of catching up, our topic moved onto Food. She was from Thailand , so the  first thing I asked her was about  good Thai eating places around. She replied that  her close friend was a chef in  one of the  popular restaurant around and eventhough its popular she said its not the authentic kind of Thai and she wouldnt reccomend it !! I guess thats the story of all resturants outside the homeland :)
So my next question was about the famous thai red curry paste as I absoultely love  Thai curries, especially Thai red curry. When I asked that  I was expecting a recipe of Thai curry paste from her but her  answer was quite surprising, she said she buy it from the  Thai section of Asian grocery shop where  I go. So thats was it, I knew I will be picking the paste and making the curry soon. So during this weeks trip I picked Thai curry paste, Palm sugar and fish sauce from the shop. I was apprehensive about how it would taste but I am super glad I cooked it as it was one of the tastiest and quickest chicken curry I have ever made. No sauting onions, no roasting  or grinding , just fry the paste, add conout milk, chicken and some veggies and simmer, a delcious curry will be ready in well under 30 minutes ! 



Ingredients
Boneless chicken - 500gm
Thai red curry paste - 100 gm
Oil
Carrot - 1
Green pepper/ Capsicum - 1/2 ( I didnt use it )
Baby corn - 5-10
Beans -5-10
Palm sugar - 4 tsp
Fish sauce - 1 tsp
Coconut milk - 400 ml
Water - 1 cup
Sweet basil leaves - few (optional, I didnt use it )
Thai red chillies ( to garnish )

Method
  • In a saucepan add oil and fry the thai red curry paste for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add chicken ( cut into cubes) and veggies ( cut lenghthwise ) and saute until its well coated in the curry paste for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add coconut milk, water and bring to boil.
  • Add palm sugar, fish sauce and cook it covered until chicken and veggies are cooked.
  • Finally add some sweet basil leaves and turn off the flame.
  • Garnish with chopped redchillies and serve warm with steamed rice 

15 comments:

Merry Tummy said...

Thai food is so yummy na? Sooo spicy

Loved the click esp the chopped blurred chilly effect :)

Rafeeda AR said...

that's it???? this is perfect fodder for lazyheads like me... please pass on that plate of rice with the curry... :)

Unknown said...

wow....awesome chicken curry....
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Shema George said...

The second photo makes me want to grab the plate...it looks so delicious

Unknown said...

Thai is my favourite too :) its yummy. The curry looks delicious.

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Simply awesoe and delicious looking Thai Chicken curry. Wonderful preparation.
Deepa

Unknown said...

Lovely recipe and love your neat and bright clicks, is it the photo magic or the uk weather ;)

PrathibhaSreejith said...

Looks awesome Vini, I wanna grab that plate right now :)

Vrinda said...

Simple and delicious :)

FLAVZCORNER said...

The red color reminds me of our fish curry :) Its so easy and quick for lazy days.

Vimitha Durai said...

Looks so delicious and fiery

www.mahaslovelyhome.com said...

beautiful n tastes yummy ..sure

Swathi said...

Thai red chicken curry looks delicious. I love those spicy curries.

Manju @ Manjus Eating Delights said...

Oh! I love that second pic...so so tempting. I'm a huge fan of Thai dishes and yes these ready made curry pastes are a blessing!

Priya Suresh said...

Super like, i love Thai foods to the core..Fantastic chicken curry.