Thai Green Curry Advice

[dieseldick]

i have now in my cupboard.
fish fillets - cod
1 large sweet potato
6 vine tomatoes
fish sauce
green curry paste
lime leaves
garlic
onions
red chillis fresh
1 red pepper
lime juice

please advise me on easy way to make thai green curry using these ingredients.

thanks

[saintpeter48]

you will need coconut milk! I would fry the garlic for a few minutes then add green curry paste and fry lightly for about 10 minutes, do not burn, then add coconut milk, 1 can for 3 people plus half a can of water, then add fish, potatoes, onion, chillies and a couple of splashes of fish sauce, simmer on a very low heat for a couple of hours, covered, then add tomatoes, red peppers and cook again on low heat, taste it and add more fish sauce, lime juice etc to suit, you could even add a fish stock cube at the start for more flavour. As with any recipe, its trial and error, keep tasting it and add what you think is good. You may wish to add the fish later as it will only take 15 minutes to cook through, but i like to add it early and cook on very low heat, it adds more flavour. good luck.

[237SJ]

When I make thai green curry I just use a tin of coconut milk, curry paste, chicken (or fish) and a tin of bamboo shoots. You can't do the curry without the coconut though.

[EcclesCake]

You had a Thai wife!!! Did you learn nothing from her?

I agree that you need a tin of coconut milk. Simmering for a couple of hours is excessive IMHO.

[retrocop]

Just chuck the lot in a pot and keep stirring. That is what curries are provided you remember to switch on the hob and heat it first. :-)

[douglas9401]

That fish must be getting a bit fragrant by now.

[237SJ]

If you had some chicken fillets and basil (preferably Thai basil but you could use the other stuff) you could make chilli chicken with sweet basil (my favourite)

[retrocop]

//douglas9401

That fish must be getting a bit fragrant by now. //

A survivor of the Icelandic cod war perhaps!! :-)

[saintpeter48]

ecclescake ....... yes I did have a Thai wife, I was a chef in my past as well, this is the way I would cook it, a slow cooked curry is the best, fish is a bit different as it tends to break up, but if its on a very low heat it'll be fine. I cook my chicken curries, Thai and others, for over 6 hours!!

[mightymouse]

An important ingredient to use with care is/are Kaffir Lime leaves.....essestial.

Wonderful flavour.

[-Talbot-]

douglas9401
That fish must be getting a bit fragrant by now.



fragrant but not yet green ... patience, douglas.

[ummmm]

Peter....I don't think Eccles was talking to you!

[saintpeter48]

ummmmm ........ I think he was, I was married to a Thai wife and I did say you need to simmer the curry for 2 hours!

[fiction-factory]

DD has posted before about having a Thai wife, saintpeter48. I assumed EC was referring to DD

[dieseldick]

eccles ....go away !!!!! please leave me alone ....your sad !!!! now hop it ...told you a hundred times i do not ever want your ugly nasty negitive advice

[EcclesCake]

I'm not at all sad. Nor can I see anything ugly, nasty or negative in my post.

I expressed surprise that you had not cooked a dish alongside your wife or picked up tips from her or from your frequent travels to Thailand.

I maintain that simmering fish for two hours is going to result in mush.

[ummmm]

DD...you cannot dictate who posts on your threads!