I really like coconut curries. There are a million different recipes online of how to make them. To avoid the confusion, I always start with a set base of ingredients. Then I deviate my recipe based on what I want to cook. I combine a paste of ginger, garlic, and chilies with coconut milk, fish sauce, and soy sauce. That’s it!
You can get crazy and add mussels (cook until they open), sautéed beef strips (flash brown them in a pan), shrimp (cook in curry until finished), or chicken (flash brown it in a pan first). The recipe here is a basic one with only vegetables. I served it in a coconut that I cut in half (directions here on how to halve a coconut).
Process:
Here is a shot of the ingredients:
Grind up cumin seeds, garlic, and ginger in your mortar and pestle. If you want heat, add 1-2 birds eye chilies. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle, just use ½ tsp cumin powder and chop the ginger and garlic.
Start a pot over medium low heat, and add 1T of ghee or butter into the pot, along with 1tsp of sesame oil. Slice the onions into moons, wash and slice the mushrooms, and dice the eggplant and zucchini into ½ inch cubes.
Also, take out your lemongrass and use the back end of your knife to bash it up – it will release more flavor into the curry.
Add all of the veggies into the pot.
Saute until they start caramelizing a bit - about 10 mins. Add the ginger/garlic/cumin paste, plus the lemon grass during the last minute of cooking, and stir everything around until it becomes fragrant.
Pour the coconut milk into the pot and flavor it with the fish sauce and soy sauce. Taste and see if you need to add 1/2 tsp of sugar. Cook for a few minutes to let all of the flavors combine. If it's too thick, you can add a bit of water to thin it out. I added 1/2 cup to mine, but it depends on the type of coconut milk you bought.
Serve in a bowl or a half coconut. Garnish with fresh-chopped cilantro, a wedge of lime, and some extra chilies for the brave.
Ingredients:
You can get crazy and add mussels (cook until they open), sautéed beef strips (flash brown them in a pan), shrimp (cook in curry until finished), or chicken (flash brown it in a pan first). The recipe here is a basic one with only vegetables. I served it in a coconut that I cut in half (directions here on how to halve a coconut).
Process:
Here is a shot of the ingredients:
Grind up cumin seeds, garlic, and ginger in your mortar and pestle. If you want heat, add 1-2 birds eye chilies. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle, just use ½ tsp cumin powder and chop the ginger and garlic.
Start a pot over medium low heat, and add 1T of ghee or butter into the pot, along with 1tsp of sesame oil. Slice the onions into moons, wash and slice the mushrooms, and dice the eggplant and zucchini into ½ inch cubes.
Also, take out your lemongrass and use the back end of your knife to bash it up – it will release more flavor into the curry.
Add all of the veggies into the pot.
Saute until they start caramelizing a bit - about 10 mins. Add the ginger/garlic/cumin paste, plus the lemon grass during the last minute of cooking, and stir everything around until it becomes fragrant.
Pour the coconut milk into the pot and flavor it with the fish sauce and soy sauce. Taste and see if you need to add 1/2 tsp of sugar. Cook for a few minutes to let all of the flavors combine. If it's too thick, you can add a bit of water to thin it out. I added 1/2 cup to mine, but it depends on the type of coconut milk you bought.
Serve in a bowl or a half coconut. Garnish with fresh-chopped cilantro, a wedge of lime, and some extra chilies for the brave.
Ingredients:
1tsp cumin seeds
3 cloves garlic
1 inch ginger
1-2 birdseye chilies (optional)
1 red onion
2 cups mushrooms
1 eggplant
1 zucchini
1 stalk lemongrass
1T sesame oil
1T ghee or butter or canola oil
13.5 oz / 1.7 cups of coconut milk
1/2 cup water
3 cloves garlic
1 inch ginger
1-2 birdseye chilies (optional)
1 red onion
2 cups mushrooms
1 eggplant
1 zucchini
1 stalk lemongrass
1T sesame oil
1T ghee or butter or canola oil
13.5 oz / 1.7 cups of coconut milk
1/2 cup water
1T fish sauce
1tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp sugar
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1tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp sugar
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