Name: Lobster Green Curry
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: salt; 3 tablespoons coriander leaves; juice of 2 limes; 4 green chillies, deseeded; 1 piece of galangal, equivalent to 2 teaspoons chopped (ginger can be used instead); 4 garlic cloves, peeled; 3 lemongrass sticks, finely chopped; 1 bunch of coriander, stalks and all; 1 red chilli, deseeded and very finely sliced; chilli flakes (optional); 3 lime leaves, finely shredded; oil, for cooking; 400ml (14fl oz) coconut milk; 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped; 2 teaspoons black peppercorns; 2 large lobsters, weighing 750–800g (1 lb 9oz–1 lb 12oz) each; 1 teaspoon shrimp paste; 4 kaffir lime leaves; 1 tablespoon fish sauce

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Long and Messy Business

By Rowley Leigh

Published 2018

About

I have used ‘shop’ curry pastes in the past, but when you start making your own you soon realise the difference. The curry paste can be made using either a mortar and pestle or a food processor.

Ingredients

2 large lobsters, weighing 750–800g (1 lb 9oz–

Method

To make the curry paste, pound or blend all the ingredients. These amounts make 60–70g (2 ¼–2 ½oz) paste, and the rest can be stored in the fridge for a week.

Insert a large, heavy cook’s kni