Jamie's Green Curry Sauce

Thai Green Curry

I found this recipe in Jamie Oliver's 30 Minute Meals. I love Thai Green Curry and I fancied trying to make it from scratch and this looked easy enough. 

What you need;

 2cm piece of fresh Ginger or Galangal

 1 Lime

 Sesame Oil or Groundnut/Peanut Oil (or any you have)

 2 Red Chillies

 A few Kaffir Lime Leaves (optional)

 Bunch of fresh Coriander

 4 Cloves of Garlic

 1 Stick of Lemongrass

 1 Small bunch of Spring Onions

 1/2 Pint of Chicken Stock

 400ml Coconut Milk

 Soy Sauce

 

What to do;

Roughly chop up ginger, chillies, lime leaves, most of the coriander, garlic, lemongrass, spring onions and chuck into a blender with some lime juice and zest, about a teaspoon of the coconut milk and and a little oil. Whiz it all up into a paste, adding oil if and when needed. Heat your wok (or a large non-stick pan ie. frying pan) with about a teaspoon of oil, add half of the curry paste and a little coconut milk and stir. If your using meat, chuck it in now and seal the meat before adding the rest of the coconut milk and stock, bring to the boil, then simmer and allow to reduce. Once the liquid has reduced to half, add the rest of the curry paste and the veg for your curry and turn up the heat. Cook for 5 minutes, constantly stirring and that should give you a green curry you'll enjoy.

I like to accompany my curry with lime and coriander basmati rice or noodles. It's just simply some fresh coriander, finely chopped and some lime zest and juice into the pan when boiling the rice and that's it.

Give it a try and let me know how it goes.

Happy Cooking!