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Thai green curry/Gaeng-keow-wan

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We like Thai cuisine, mainly because of its spiciness from the chilies and sweetness from the coconut milk. Use of coconut milk makes the Thai cooking closer to that of Kerala style which I grew up with. While going out (which happens rarely) my hubby will give treat either in a Thai restaurant or at Olive Garden. One thing I found out about Thai food is that wherever you go, there will be a green curry, red curry and yellow curry. Thai curries are named after its color, of the three, green curry is considered to be spiciest; still it will vary depending upon who is cooking. They are thinner in contrast to Indian curries and presence of lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves give tanginess.
On a visit to India we had stop over at Bangkok, I was over the moon, that I am going to eat authentic Thai dishes, however we didn’t get visa to travel and ended up roaming around the airport, finally we ate curry and soup from a restaurant inside the airport, I found that the dishes were more spicier than what I had here, may be that is original. 
The cook enthusiast in me woke up a long time ago and bought both green curry paste and red curry paste from the store. I made some green curry and have not even opened the red curry paste bottle. Finally the day of expiration came, and both are gone to garbage. Then I told myself, if I am going to make Thai curries, I am going make everything from the scratch. For that purpose I even borrowed a book from library “Gourmet Thai In Minutes: Over 120 Inspirational Recipes” by Vatcharin Bhumichitr. I also read the book “The Asian Vegan Kitchen” by Hema Parekh. Now I wanted to buy the ingredients, for that I even asked my hubby to take me to Hong Kong Market. He agreed and took me there, with one condition; whatever you need, buy it, don’t ask me again next week. Happy that I was, I bought Galangal and Lemon grass; however I didn’t see any kaffir lime leaves. 
Then on Saturday I decided to make the curry, and for that I need to make a paste. While going through the recipe in the book, I almost fainted when I saw I needed 12 green Thai chilies (10 small ones and 2 long ones, seeded) for the recipe I wanted. I decided to add 2 large Serrano peppers instead of 12 chilies, substituted kaffir lime leaves with 1 lemon zest, for shrimp paste I decided to add some soy sauce. I used cilantro shoot along with leaves and made green curry paste (Nam Prik Kaeng Khiaw Waan). I made only ¼ cup which is enough for making curry for one time. Traditionally curry paste is made using mortar and pestle, and I tried with my little mortar and pestle earlier, however I was unsuccessful, and ended up using my small food processor.
Usually Thai curries are cooked with meat and vegetables, but I wanted to make the vegetarian version more like vegan version, so I added mixed vegetables sweetened them with coconut milk and palm sugar. I didn’t get the restaurant color but the taste was great. I have to try rest of the two curries to give an ode to Thai curries, as they are always rich in flavors like spicy, salty, sour and sweet. Here goes my recipe of Thai green curry.
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What you  need

For Green curry paste (Nam Prik Kaeng Khiaw Waan)
Green chilies: 2 no ( I used Serrano peppers)
Shallots/pearl onion: 2 no
Garlic cloves: 2no
Lemon grass: 2 tablespoon (discards the hard part and use only soft fleshy part, Keep the shoot aside and you can add it into curry it will give more flavor)
Galangal: 1 tablespoon
Coriander leaves: 3 tablespoon (I used both stem and shoot)
Black pepper corns: 5 no
Cumin seeds: ½ teaspoon
Coriander seeds: ½ tablespoon
Salt: ¼ teaspoon
Oil: ½ teaspoon ( I used canola oil)

For the curry

Onion: ¾ cup (chopped into bite size)
Radish: ½ cup( chopped into cubes)
Carrot: 1no ( chopped into cubes)
Green beans: ½ cup (cut into 1 inch sticks)
Cauliflower: 1 cup (cut into individual florets)
Green onions: 1 tablespoon (I used both white and green part)
Tomato: 1no (seeded, and cut into bite size)
Green curry paste: 4 tablespoon
Soya sauce: ¾ teaspoon
Salt: ¾ teaspoon or to taste
Palm sugar: 1 teaspoon
Coconut milk: ¾ cup
Canola oil : 1 tablespoon
Thai basil: 5-6 no ( I didn’t used, substitute with mint leaves)

How I made

Green curry paste

First dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds and pepper corns in low heat until fragrant and set aside. 
In a bowl of food processor put all the ingredients along with dry roasted coriander seeds, cumin seeds and pepper corns except oil and grind them into fine paste. 
Mix the ground paste with oil and set aside, if you wish you can refrigerate in airtight container up to 2 weeks. 

Green curry
Heat oil in a sauce pot and add green curry paste and stir briefly, then add coconut milk and bring to a simmer, then add vegetables, reserved lemongrass shoots and cook for about 5 minutes. 
Then add soy sauce, salt and palm sugar and cook further for about 7 -9 minutes or until the all the vegetables are cooked well. 
Mix in the mint leaves (use Thai basil if you have) and switch off the flame. 

Enjoy with rice and other stir fries. 

Preparation time: 25 minutes
Yield: 6 serving
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: Yes I will

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  1. Sarah Naveen says

    Baking Queen...Y cant I make a comment to the new post?

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  2. Claudia says

    Hi Swathi, I love Thai food too. Almost as much as Indian food. Though the green curry paste is much hotter than I was expecting. Which is why I usually prefer mixing up my own curry spices. Plus the ingredients are fresher.

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  4. garlutti says

    Hi Swathi ...that vegetable soup richer. are the ones I like hugs MARIMI

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  5. Rumana Rawat says

    Happy Holi!!!!

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  6. ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ says

    Was trying to tell u jus how fantastic ur maple bread is but the comments aint opening on that post 🙁
    Maybe u can go to edit and check if they are disabled for the post and enable comments!
    Ur baking group sounds wonderful too!

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  7. Elsa says

    This looks delicious. I love Thai food, but I've never actually tried making a meal.

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  8. Joanne says

    I LOVE the sweet and spicy of thai food! This curry looks fantastic thanks for such a great recipe!

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  9. Ila says

    wow thai curry looks delicious and awesome 🙂 nice clicks and detailed one 🙂 U have delicious space and glad to follow u 🙂

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  10. An Open Book says

    wow u are certainly a pro..im so lazy to amke my own paste, so i end up buyingthe paste from the store and making the curry...

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  11. Jay says

    irresistable n droolworthy curry dear..
    Tasty appetite

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  14. Alea says

    This looks wonderful and I love how quickly it comes together!

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  15. Ananda Rajashekar says

    This is my all time fav! you are making me to go drrooolll!

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  16. savitha ramesh says

    delicious thai curry and perfect for a lunch

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  17. alison says

    yummy curry recipe!

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  18. Nancy and Vijay says

    It looks delicious. I have also had trouble finding the kefir lime leaves...maybe they are seasonal?

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  19. Sarah Naveen says

    love all thai curries..looks so yumm!!

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  20. Tina says

    yummy curry...

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  21. Raksha says

    Nice dish

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  22. ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ says

    And we like thai for the flavor and since we dont love it too hot , we have to cut down the chillies:-)
    The flavor of ur curry is fantastic and the pic looks absolutely yummy.

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  23. RAKS KITCHEN says

    Never had thai cuisine so far,this recipe sounds and looks very nice and with 25 mins cooking time,its a great recipe to try!

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  24. Kitchen Flavours says

    Wow... flavorsome recipe....

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  25. Sushma Mallya says

    Green Thai Curry looks Awesome Swathi:)

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  26. Padhu says

    Looks superb .thanks for sharing

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  27. Kalpana Sareesh says

    That looks yummy .. Thats a superb presentation must try..

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  29. Vandana Rajesh says

    The thai curry looks delicious...yummy.

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  30. kitchen queen says

    The thai curry looks very droolworthy and delicious mouth watering and tempting too.

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  31. Pushpa says

    Delicious!!Delicious green curry Swathi,I agree in some thai restaurants 5-6 can be very hot for us.

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  32. Sensible Vegetarian says

    This looks so delicious, should have tasted awesome.

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  33. kaarasaaram.com says

    This is too good ... lovely coclours and presentation... superb..
    Reva

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  34. Hamaree Rasoi says

    Curry looks yummilicous. Must have tasted great as well. Great recipe.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  35. Suman Singh says

    Green curry with all those veggies sounds healthy and yummy!

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  36. Rebecca from Chow and Chatter says

    looks great love Thai green curry sounds like you need to plan a trip to Thailand get the visa my hubby is Indian visa's such a hassle but he has been all over hugs

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  37. SheenaBabu says

    Great recipe...Thanks for sharing

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  38. Pegasuslegend says

    The culture behind all of your foods are magnificent, there is so much to be learned... keep them coming... very very unique for me...

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  40. Reeni says

    I love Thai food too Swathi! I admire you for making your own paste - I bet it was incredibly delicious!

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  41. Torviewtoronto says

    lovely flavours looks delicious and healthy

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  42. Kairali sisters says

    Thai cuisine holds a special place in my heart and love this green curry with veggies 🙂 thanks Swathi..

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  43. JishasKItchen says

    yummy curry...thanks for the recipe...:)

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  44. SravsCulinaryConcepts says

    Very tempting dish !!! Looks so delicious !!

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  45. Viki's Kitchen says

    Love Thai food and happened to stay there for 3 months because of hubby's project. Happy to know that you too like it. True words...I too wasted many pasta sauces recently and nowadays I think multiple times before buying them. Thanks for the recipe....the curry looks so tempting dear.

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  46. sinfullyspicy.com says

    I love thai food.Thanks for this recipe.Looks amazing

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  47. Suja Sugathan says

    Lovely tempting dish..thanks for sharing dear.

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  48. divya says

    Wow!! superb and tempting..

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  49. Peggy says

    I absolutely love Thai curries and green is one of my favorites! This sounds so delicious Swathi!

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  50. RS says

    Looks very delicious...

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  51. Kamakshi Prasanna says

    hugs to you!! nicely made vegan version...yumm

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  52. Hema Mahen says

    Looks yummy....

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  53. kothiyavunu.com says

    Super duper thai curry..Looks appetising!! love thai foods..

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  54. Priya says

    Am an addict to Thai foods, this green curry looks super delicious and inviting..

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  55. Shanavi says

    My H loves Thai dishes.. Seems like u rying ur hands on every cuisine..CHeers Swathi.. Love the green curry.. Will try sometime, may be for potluck ... 🙂

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  56. Yummy Team says

    I love Thai dishes! This looks super yummy, Swathi..Thanks for sharing..

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  57. Priti says

    Looks so delicious ...

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  58. Reshmi Mahesh says

    This Thai curry looks super delicious swathi..

    FunWidFud

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  59. Malar Gandhi says

    That sure luks yummm, love Thai cooking.

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