THAI GREEN CURRY…inspired by RED!
This picture above is my entry CLICK: January 2009 (Red) @ Jugalbandi 
On a relatively free morning, I clicked with the peppers for a while, & then decided it was time to put the red bell pepper to better use. Red reminds me of curries, hot & finger-licking good curries, but this time I had a Thai Green Curry on my mind. There are curries, & then, there are more curries. Curry is a word that has become synonymous with Indian food. It is said to be India’s culinary export to the UK, which is fast becoming the curry capital of the world. 
For a really welcome change, there is Thai curry – red, as well as green. My sis from Houston had sent me a recommended recipe a while ago, & I couldn’t wait to get started. This Thai curry recipe came ‘tried & tested’, with substitutions for fish sauce, because the sis knows pretty well I’ll never use fish sauce. 
It was everything it promised to be…& more! A green curry from scratch, as hot or as mild as you like it, with the option of spicing it up with some bottled green curry paste. The boy said it was nice, the daughter cannot stand coconut & didn’t take to it … but we, the adults, loved it. Next time I intend to add more veggies (more baby corn, & maybe mushrooms), or make a veggie/cottage cheese (or tofu) version. Try Thai for a change…
Thai Food and Cooking by Judy Bastyra
In the cooks words …” Virtually every Thai cook has their own recipe for curry pastes, which are traditionally made by pounding the ingredients in a mortar with a pestle. Using a food processor or blender just makes the task less laborious.”
THAI GREEN CHICKEN CURRY
as adapted from Thai Cooking and Food by Judy Bastyra
Ingredients:
Green Onions – 4, with 4-5″ stalks; roughly chopped
Coriander – 1 bunch
Ginger – 1″ piece
Garlic – 4 cloves
Green chillies -1-2
Coconut Milk – 400ml
Worcestershire sauce – 1 tsp (as a substitute for fish sauce)
Chicken tenders – 1/2kg; cut into bite sized pieces (or tofu/firm cottage cheese)
Thai green curry paste – 1 tsp, optional
Red bell pepper – 1; diced
Baby corn – 8-10; sliced 1/2″ diagonal pieces
Green pepper/capsicum – 1; sliced
Green onions -2-3; sliced diagonally
Kafir limes leaves – 2-3, crushed (I used 2-3 leaves off my lime tree)
Lemon grass stalk, bruised (or zest of a lemon)
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt & pepper to taste 
Method:
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Grind the first 5 ingredients with 2-3 tbsps of water to make the green curry paste, & reserve in a bowl.
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Heat 2-3 tbsps in a pan, & saute chicken till brown. Remove from pan, & keep warm in a bowl.
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In the remaining oil, add the veggies & stir fry on high for 3-4 minutes, followed by the green curry paste (both, if using bottled paste too). Stir fry again for 3-4 minutes.
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Add reserved browned chicken, Worcestershire sauce, kafir lime leaves & coconut milk, & season with salt & pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, & simmer for 10-15 minutes, until curry thickens. Adjust seasoning if required.
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Add the lime juice & serve hot over steamed rice. I didn’t have Thai jasmine rice, but it tasted great over steamed basmati too!
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Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
39 Comments
Curry Leaf
Wow,thats a great dish and a great click.
Happy cook
I love thai green chicken curry and this looks so yummy delicious, that sauce can soak up all the rice . The thought makes me drool.
Your pictures are always so nice and clear.
Beautiful click
bee
that looks very very delicious. green curry is my fav among all the thai curries.
Snooky doodle
wow this curry looks amazing. I love the contrastic colours of red and green , Great photos 🙂
Mahimaa's kitchen
wow.. lovely pictures. i always adore you pictures. very colorful.
Elra
I love colorful food, and this green curry is one good example. Yours look so delicious Deeba!
Cheers,
Elra
Asha
Don’t you love those colorful bell peppers? Thai green curry looks yum, I have red curry paste jar like that! :))
You could send the Thai curry to AWED-Thailand event too.
Ben
Beautiful pictures my friend, and you are right, red is such an inspiring and attractive color. I am thinking I want to finally participate in this event.
Sara
This looks so delicious. I love thai curry, I have a thai cookbook that I use fairly often to make curries.
Bellini Valli
I could just sit here and browse through your photos Deeba…but then I know I will be hungry sometime.
Gloria
All your pictures are beauty dear Deeba, the colours, the pictures, how you show, is one of the most beauty blogs I know really!!! I enjoy when I come here my friend, xxxGloria
Helene
Love the pictures. That meal sounds so healthy & good at the same time.
Susan from Food Blogga
I have that same green curry paste in my fridge! The pics of the peppers are really beautiful, Deeba. The colors are so vibrant and just jump off the screen!
noble pig
I am inspired with all the color, your pics are beautiful!
Very lovely as usual and now I want green curry!
Bunny
Your photos are always beautiful Deeba and the recipe looks wonderful.
Nags
i have been meaning to make the vegetarian version of these curries for a while now. the ingredients are easily available here and so are the pastes in bottles. lovely entry for click too! i have been going mad clicking everything that’s red for a while now. yet to zero in on one pic 🙂
Gretchen Noelle
Lovely RED picture and oh how I love curries. This looks tasty!
lisa (dandysugar)
Deeba, this looks sooo good! Thai is my other favorite (my number one is Indian). You always seem to have all favorites! Beautiful colors!
mimi
this curry looks so so so yummy and i’m not just saying that because my favorite color is red! 😉
i have always wanted to go to bangkok for one sole reason – the food. hearing your stories just made me want to go that much more!
MeetaK
i’m a bit on the thai trip right now and i love this thai green curry. it looks incredible deeba!
delhibelle
oh man..u got me craving thai curry now!
Bharti
Love green curry. Looks delicious.
Mike of Mike's Table
I love Thai food and this curry looks awesome! Also, very nice arrangement of colors on the plate
Natalie
Thanks for stopping by and leaving such nice comments 🙂 You have a beautiful blog with beautiful photography! This Thai dish looks amazing. I love Thai. And I love red. 🙂
Reeni♥
Your pictures are all gorgeous to look at. I loved your Click entry. Your curry dish looks wonderful, so vibrant! I have a British friend and all he cooks is curry, curry, and more curry!
Dragon
You get inspired by colours. I get inspired by you. I would love a bowl of this right now. It’s so cold right now in Cananda, this curry would warm me up.
Rathna
Nice Pictures Deeba. Thai green curry looks yum…..I love Thai food…will definetly try this 🙂
Tabitha (From Single to Married)
What a great blog! I found you through my blog (thanks for visiting, btw) and I love your use of pictures and colors. Everything looks so yummy and fantastic!!
Núria
As always, your pictures and compositions are fantastic!!! Red for Passion, like you are 😀
I never cook Thai food at home, never go to Thai restaurants, but you have convinced me!
maggie
Yum. This looks so delicious. A friend just got back from Thailand and I am so jealous. I may have to make this!
Weight Loss
Hi I found this cool recipe for Artichoke-scrambled Eggs Benedict. Has anyone ever tried it? Sounds good and I hope it is. Here is the link with the recipe and article. nice site to whoever created it.
http://emergevictoriousoverfat.com/2009/01/get-organized/
Ivy
The elephant shaped pipe is beautiful but it never occurred to me that they smoke opium in pipes. Your curry must taste fantastic with all those lovely ingredients. Lovely clicks, good luck.
Dawn
this would warm me up indeed on our 18 degrees outside day. lol
opium pipe? wow.
Maria
Your site is so beautiful and I am not at all sure why it has taken me so long to stop by.
Your pcitures are gorgeous and your dishes amazing. I look forward to reading more!
Jeanne
Thai curries are some of my all-time favourites. Yours looks wonderful – and stunning photos too 🙂
meeso
Thai food is delicious, your curry looks perfect, love the pics!
Purnima
Hi Deeba, this looks very delicious! Am here to request after googling in vain, any tips on hw to use up a similar looking bottle I hv, wt the name- Basil,Garlic,Chilli stir fry paste..best for meat! 🙁 Hv found its taste not too friendly for our palettes..hv not used it for fear of entire dish going bin-way! Donno if adding our garam masala wd bring it to our level or not..but hv total faith in your recipes..they hv never failed me! 🙂
Bangkok Hotels, Thailand
Thai green chicken curry is my favorite food. Thank for show me how to cook it. I will try to do it…
Vidya
Hey Deeba, I made this curry last night. I used paneer instead of chicken. Came out really well, other than the fact that I went a little overboard with the coriander 🙂 Thanks for the fabulous recipe.