Showing posts with label Thai Green Curry with Spring Vegetables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thai Green Curry with Spring Vegetables. Show all posts

Friday, February 2, 2018

Thai Green Curry with Spring Vegetables

Serves: 4

Rice

1 and 1/2 cup brown rice, rinsed, soaked overnight and drained
2 and 1/4 cup water (if rice is not soaked, 3 cups water)

In a medium pot, bring rice and water to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, simmer and partially cover with a lid, cooking until the rice is al dente, about 20 minutes. If the rice is not soaked, cook for 45 minutes. Divide the rice into 4 serving bowls.

Yields: ? cups cooked rice

Curry

1 tbsp coconut oil
1 cup white onion, chopped
1/8 tsp salt

1 tbsp ginger, finely grated
1 tsp garlic cloves, finely chopped


Heat oil in pan, add onion, salt and saute until the onion has softened, about 5 minutes in medium flame. Add ginger and garlic and cook for 30 seconds while stirring continuously.


2 cups asparagus, tough ends removed and sliced into 2" long pieces (1/2 bunch asparagus)
1 cup carrot, sliced (3 carrots, peeled and sliced into half moon shapes)

Add asparagus, carrot and cook for 3 more minutes, stirring occasionally.

2 tbsp thai green curry paste


Add curry paste, cook, stirring often for 2 minute.


13.5 ounces can full fat coconut milk or 2 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup water
14 ounces Tofu, chopped


Add coconut milk, water, coconut sugar, tofu, bring the mixture to a simmer and cook until the carrots and asparagus are tender and cooked through, about 5 to 10 minutes.

2 cups spinach, packed, roughly chopped


Once the vegetables are done cooking, stir the spinach into the mixture and cook until the spinach has wilted, about 1 minute.

2 tsp fresh lime juice
1 and 1/2 tsp tamari
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 + 1/8 tsp red pepper flakes

Remove the curry from heat, season with lime juice, tamari, salt and red pepper flakes.

Garnish

cilantro, chopped

Divide the rice and curry into 4 serving bowls and garnish with cilantro.


Source: cookieandkate
Taste Note: Tastes AWESOME
Note: Once I made this with 2/3 cup of carrot (2 small carrots), 2/3 cup beans (18 beans), 2/3 cup red bell pepper (1/2 red bell pepper), 2/3 cup eggplant, 2/3 cup zucchini (about 1/2 zucchini).