Thai Masaman Curry

The Thai Masaman curry is a dish most commonly made with beef but can be made with chicken or fish as well. I chose a nice, clean Tilapia for my curry. I used a ready-made curry paste from Whole Foods for this recipe.

Ingredients:
- Tilapia filets cut in half
- Thai Masaman curry paste
- Milk

Method:
Mix the curry paste with the right amount of milk. (as suggested on the curry paste tin). Let this mixture simmer on a slow flame. Stir constantly to remove lumps. Once the curry begins to boil add the fish filets. Tilapia cooks within 10 minutes on a medium flame, if not sooner.

Serve with jasmine rice.

Thai Curry Chicken

Well I finally made the Thai curry chicken last week. I'd actually bought the paste and the coconut milk from Whole Foods six months ago. I thought it would be a project, but it turned out to be super simple.

Ingredients for curry:
2 tablespoons oil
1 diced onion
3 teaspoons Thai curry paste (all grocery stores carry it)
1 cup of coconut milk

1 tablespoon brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt

2 tbs fish sauce (soy sauce is its closest substitute)
I red pepper - cut into big chunks
1 cup rice (Jasmine preferably)

4-5 uncooked skinless chicken breast fillets—cut into bite-sized pieces
2 tablespoons cornstarch (cornflour) mixed to a paste with 2 tablespoons water
4 large fresh basil leaves—finely sliced

Method:

HEAT the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat and cook the onion for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. ADD the curry paste and cook, stirring, for a minute. ADD the coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar and salt, then bring to the boil. ADD the red pepper and cover with a lid, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 12 minutes. ADD the chicken to the curry and simmer, covered, for a further 8 minutes. ADD the cornstarch paste to thicken the curry and stir conctantly. Finally and basil. SERVE on a bed of rice.

Green Beans and Mushroom

This is a quick and delicious way to cook green beans. It’s a Chinese preparation and obviously pairs really well haka noodles.

Ingredients:
½ lb green beans
¼ lb chopped mushrooms
5 Tbs soy sauce
5 Tbs cooking wine
2 Tbs chinese red chili sauce
2 Tbs chopped garlic
2 Tbs olive oil

Method:
Blanch the green beans under slightly tender and keep aside. In a wok, sauté the chopped garlic in some olive oil. Add the soysauce and the red chili sauce. Once the mixture begins sputtering, add the chopped mushrooms and the cooking wine. Let this cook for a while. Finally add the green beans, cover the wok and let it simmer on a slow flame.

Cooking Time: 20 minutes.

Love It.