Thai Green Curry

This is a curry, which is only green because of the chilies. Wonderful recipe, works great, tasted a lot like my tom yum soup, but I guess that was Thai as well. Coconut, chili, lemon grass and everything else, that you want in your curry.

You can chose between beef or chicken. The following recipe is made with chicken.

We start by making a chili paste, which is then used for the actual dish. You can set aside this paste and cook with it another time, supposedly you can even freeze it.

Paste

What you need for the curry paste:

• 4 green chilies
• 3 onions (shallots)
• 3 cloves of garlic
• Finely chopped galangal, ginger, lime leaves and lemongrass
• Pepper (white)
• Coriander and cumin
• Salt

1. Grind all dry ingredients with pestle and mortar.

2. Chop up everything else and add. Stomp the s*** out of it.

The Curry

What you need:

• 400g of chicken
• A can of coconut milk
• Lime leaves
• Fish sauce to taste
• A bit of sugar
• Thai or those big black eggplants

1. Cut chicken in bits, or strips. However you like. Set aside.

2. Fry curry paste (above) in a bit of vegetable oil.

3. Add coconut milk and lime leaves.

4. Add the chicken, and let cook for 3 minutes.

5. Transfer everything to a pot, and boil. Then add eggplant and fish sauce and a bit of sugar to taste.