Thai Red Curry

Red curry is a popular Thai dish based on coconut milk heated with red curry paste and fish sauce. Red curry dishes may include ingredients such as kaffir lime leaves or peel, Thai eggplant, bamboo shoots, thai basil, and some sort of meat such as chicken, beef, pork, shrimp one can substitute tofu for a vegetarian vertion.

Red curry paste includes red chili peppers (fresh or dried), shallots, garlic, galangal, lemon grass, coriander roots, peppercorns, salt, shrimp paste and kaffir lime zest. For an authentic recipe.

This recipe is a more quick version to the traditional red curry as i used canned red curry paste rather than makeing a fresh red curry paste.



Ingredients :

1 chicken breast cut into thin strips
1 small potato
1/2 onion chopped into big chunks
1/2 capsicum chopped into chunks
few sprouts
n any vegetables of ur choice(carrots,bamboo shoots,snow peas,broccoli etc)
1 tin thick coconut milk
3 tsp maesri/thai kitchen red curry paste(found near the international food section in any grocery store)
few basil leaves
few spring onion chopped fine
salt

Method:

Heat a pan on high, add a 1 tbsp of oil,to this add the onion,capsicum n the remaining veggies(except potato) n just stir fry for few sec's,they should retain their color n shape.Remove n keep aside.

In the same pan add the chicken strips n the curry paste.

To this add the whole coconut milk on medium heat,mix n add the potato as well.

When it comes to a boil cover n cook until the chicken n potato are cooked through.

Once done u will notice oil floating on top then add the stir fried veggies and basil leaves.

Remove n garnish with spring onions.

Serve hot with white rice or fried rice.

Note: u can add water to the coconut milk according to ur desired cocnsistency(but dont add too much).Even though we use just a Tbsp of oil,lot of oil oozes out from the curry paste,so that should be fine n nothing to worry about.U can adjust the curry paste according to ur spice level

Dont avoid the basil leaves because they give the curry a nice flavour.