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Broiled Thai Red Curry Fish

I think something that I find very pai nful, is to go back to recipe notes and re-write it. In other words, if I can capture a recipe into words right away, it remains, if not it is usually  lost. The camera helps, I often go back to old picture and if and only if the recipe is worth it, I go back to the notes.

Well, this one certainly was in my opinion worthwhile, also I think it was about time to remember that I had the blog and actually get back to writing on it. Actually, I have been inundated with several things, and the classes have been keeping me busy.

Anyhow, this recipe first started out with a Thai red curry paste recipe, that I had adapted from this site. The paste stores well in the refridgerator for 2-3 weeks or more.

Thai Red Curry Paste

Prep Time: 5-10 minutes
Makes about 1/2 cup

Ingredients

1 medium red onion, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 inch piece of ginger, peeled
3 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon paprika
4 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon dried chopped lemon grass
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
1 tablespoon coariander seeds
2 tablespoons crushed palm sugar or jaggery
5 whole dried red chilies
1 lime

Method of Preparation

1. Place the onion, ginger, garlic, paprika, fish sauce, chopped lemon grass, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, palm sugar or jaggery in a blender.
2. Add in the whole dried red chilies. Cut in squeeze in the lime juice.
3. Blend the mixture until smooth, now, I should mention that the traditional texture for such a recipe should be a little grainy.

Broiled Thai Red Curry Fish

Prep Time: 45 minutes (mostly to marinate)
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Serves 4

Ingredients

1.5 pounds of fish (I used steel head trout, in this recipe)
3-4 tablespoon red curry paste
1/3 cup coconut cream
3-4 kafir lime leaves
10-12 thai basil leaves
Extra lemon to garnish

Method of Preparation

1. Prepare the fish into 4 pieces, rub with the thai curry paste and set aside for 20 minutes.
2. Place in a baking dish, brush generously with the coconut cream, mince the kafir lime leaves and scatter over the fish.
3. Broil the fish lightly for 6-7 minutes on each side.
4. Carefully place on a serving plate, garnish with the thai basil leaves and serve with lemon slices.

Actually one of the highlights of this summer was growing Thai Basil leaves, what an amazing powerhouse of flavor in just 3-4 small leaves. We enjoyed the fish as is, but it would be wonderful over jasmine rice.

Thai Green Curry Chicken with Zucchini

I love making Thai Green Curry paste, since it uses my two favorite herbs - Cilantro and Basil. Typically you should be using Holy basil also called Tulsi, but those leaves are much harder to come by, so I end up doing this with a very practical version usually readily available ingredient such as sweet basil and ginger instead of galangal. The results are quite acceptable. It makes for a quick and flavorful curry.



Green Curry Paste



Ingredients


1/3 cup fish sauce
1 lump size palm sugar
10 green chillies
2 tbsp freshly ground coriander
1 2-inch piece ginger or galangal
2 cloves garlic
1 cup chopped cilantro- leaves and stems
1 cup chopped basil
2-3 kafir lime leaves or 1 tsp grated lime zest

Method of Preparation

1. Dissolve the palm sugar in the fish sauce. This takes a little bit of time, so I actually do this first and then prep and chop the remaining ingredients.
2. Add all the remaining ingredients into a food processor.
3. Add in the fish sauce with sugar and process till smooth.

Green chicken curry with zucchini

Serves 4 people

Ingredients

2 tbsp oil
2 shallots, finely chopped
1/2 cup green curry sauce
1/2 lb chicken cut into large chunks (boneless thighs work well for this recipe).
1 can light coconut milk
2 green zuchinis was and cut into a dice to match the chicken


Method of preparation

1. Heat the oil and add the shallots with the green curry sauce and chicken and cook for about 10 minutes.
2. Add the coconut milk and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Add in the zucchini and cook for 5-7 more minutes.
4. Serve with white or brown jasmine rice.



Method of Preparation



1. Disolve the sugar in the fish sauce, this takes some time to dissolve so I actually leave this to soak while I prep the remaining ingredients.

2.