“Red is obviously such a stimulating color, and it has so many connotations.”
P. J. Harvey
It’s nice to be inspired by colour, & it’s sometimes amazing the wonders it can work on your food. Saw this month that Click was back, & the theme for the month is RED. Everywhere I looked I saw red. The tomatoes sang to me, the red chilies called my name, & the bell peppers enticed me no end. Of course I couldn’t resist picking up some yellow peppers too, but have to say, ‘there’s something about RED’!!
Red has more personal associations than any other color. Recognized as a stimulant red is inherently exciting and the amount of red is directly related to the level of energy perceived. Red draws attention and a keen use of red as an accent can immediately focus attention on a particular element.
Am sure you are wondering what an elephant has to do with the curry! Actually it is my association with Thailand. In the early nineties, I used to go to Bangkok often with my bunch of gal pals from work. We often stayed at the YWCA, & invariably spent every night gallavanting the night bazaars for nick nacks, silver etc. This is an opium pipe I picked up on one such trip. The intricacy of workmanship & the detailing intrigued me no end. I am still charmed by this piece every time I look at it! 
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 
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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!
Wow,thats a great dish and a great click.
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
that looks very very delicious. green curry is my fav among all the thai curries.
wow this curry looks amazing. I love the contrastic colours of red and green , Great photos 🙂
wow.. lovely pictures. i always adore you pictures. very colorful.
I love colorful food, and this green curry is one good example. Yours look so delicious Deeba!
Cheers,
Elra
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.
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.
This looks so delicious. I love thai curry, I have a thai cookbook that I use fairly often to make curries.
I could just sit here and browse through your photos Deeba…but then I know I will be hungry sometime.
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
Love the pictures. That meal sounds so healthy & good at the same time.
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!
I am inspired with all the color, your pics are beautiful!
Very lovely as usual and now I want green curry!
Your photos are always beautiful Deeba and the recipe looks wonderful.
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 🙂
Lovely RED picture and oh how I love curries. This looks tasty!
Deeba, this looks sooo good! Thai is my other favorite (my number one is Indian). You always seem to have all favorites! Beautiful colors!
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!
i’m a bit on the thai trip right now and i love this thai green curry. it looks incredible deeba!
oh man..u got me craving thai curry now!
Love green curry. Looks delicious.
I love Thai food and this curry looks awesome! Also, very nice arrangement of colors on the plate
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. 🙂
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!
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.
Nice Pictures Deeba. Thai green curry looks yum…..I love Thai food…will definetly try this 🙂
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!!
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!
Yum. This looks so delicious. A friend just got back from Thailand and I am so jealous. I may have to make this!
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/
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.
this would warm me up indeed on our 18 degrees outside day. lol
opium pipe? wow.
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!
Thai curries are some of my all-time favourites. Yours looks wonderful – and stunning photos too 🙂
Thai food is delicious, your curry looks perfect, love the pics!
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! 🙂
Thai green chicken curry is my favorite food. Thank for show me how to cook it. I will try to do it…
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.