Spice, Slice, & Everything Nice - Teresa Bovey
Thai Style Coconut Curry Sauce. Jasmine Rice. Thai Green Curry.
Tropical flavours, rich curries, and a little New Year magic.
Recipes to start the year with by Teresa Bovey, food demonstrator and home economist.
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Thai Style Coconut Curry Sauce
Ingredients
- 300mls coconut milk
- 1 clove crushed garlic
- ½ tsp grated ginger
- 1 tsp pureed lemon grass
- 1 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
- 2 tsp demerera sugar
- 1 tsp fresh lime juice
- 1 small red chilli, finely chopped
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 200g cooked king prawns
- Chopped peanuts for garnish
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander
Method
- lace all the ingredients into a pan and boil gently for 2 minutes to thicken, add cooked prawns and simmer gently until heated through.
- Serve with rice noodles or jasmine rice.
Serves 2
Jasmine Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cups of boiling water
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- Piece of lemon grass or 2 kaffir lime leaves
Method
- Pour the boiling water into a saucepan, add the rice and lemon grass, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove the lemon grass before serving.
Serves 3
Thai Green Curry
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ground nut oil
- 1 stick celery
- 4 spring onions
- 2 tbsp green curry paste
- 1 cm grated ginger
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- 2 chicken breasts
- 100g green beans
- 400g tin coconut milk
- 200mls chicken stock
Method
- Heat a wok or large saucepan.
- Add the sliced celery and spring onion and stir in the curry paste.
- Add the garlic and grated ginger and chicken.
- Heat through until the chicken is cooked.
- Add the remaining ingredients and gently simmer for 20 minutes.
- Serve with boiled or steamed rice.
Serves 2