Thai Green Chicken Curry (Easy Version)

This is a super easy Thai Green Curry recipe which is perfect for a mid week dinner.The secret is you will need an authentic Thai Green curry paste and Thai coconut milk. Additionally, you have to add the ingredients at the correct time whilst cooking. This dish is creamy yet fresh, a complex flavour of Thai Green curry goes fantastically well with Thai Jasmine rice.

Serve :2-3

Ingredients:

3.             Chicken breast- sliced or diced

3.             Garlic clove- finely chopped

1.             Small Red onion- sliced or finely chopped

2tbs.        Thai Green curry paste

400ml.    Thai coconut milk

1/2tbs.     Coconut sugar

1/2tbs.     Fish sauce

1.              Courgette- ribbon sliced

1/2.          Carrot- sliced

1/2.          Red pepper- sliced

25.           Basil leafs

1-2tbs.     Coconut oil

Method :

– Put the coconut oil, garlic and onions into the pan. Gently heat until the onions are translucent.

-Add the  Thai Green curry paste into the pan and cook for further 5 minutes, then add the chicken and cook for another 5 minutes.

-Add 100ml of coconut milk and 10 Basil leafs, stir well and wait for it to cook.

-Add the fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar. Simmer for 10minutes.

-Add courgette,carrots and red pepper, and  the rest of the coconut milk. Simmer for further 5 minutes.

-Fold the rest of the basil leafs into the pot.

-Voila, there you have your tasty Thai Green curry.

 

Tip:

-Use 3 tablespoon of Thai Green Curry paste if you liked it spicy. Make sure you adjust the seasoning accordingly though.

-The original recipe uses the Holy basil, Turkey berry and Thai eggplant. But feel free to use any vegetables. I chose Red pepper, Carrot and Courgette because they are colourful and my daughter likes them. Happy cooking 🙋🏽

 

 

Pineapple Fried Rice

This easy Thai recipe remind me of my youth. I often prayed for my father to order this   show stopper dish when we went to the restaurant. Like many kids I loved to look at the vibrant colour ,an  exciting combination  as you got fruit,nuts,and seafood in one fancy pineapple plate.  Happy Cooking!

Serve :2

Ingredients:

1.                           Cooked Gammon steak-diced

100 gram             Raw or Cooked King prawn

2.                           Garlic clove- finely chopped

1/2.                        Onion- chopped

1                             Spring onion- sliced thinly

50 gram                 Pineapple-cut in chunk

1tsp                        Fish sauce

1tsp                        Oyster sauce

1tsp                        Sugar

1 small handful   Roasted cashew nuts

2tbs.                       Coconut oil

370 gram               Cooked rice (preferably- cooked Thai Jasmine rice)

1pinch                    Salt and pepper

Method:

-Put the coconut oil and onion in the pan. Cook until the onion turns translucent.

-Add the gammon into the pan and fry until it’s  turn slightly golden brown.

-Put the garlic, cooked rice,fish sauce, oyster sauce and stir well for approx 3 minutes.

-Add the cooked king prawns, pineapple and spring onion. Stir fry and mix all the ingredients until combined .

-Transfer onto the serving dish.

-Scatter the roast cashew nuts on top. That is it yummm.