Name: Aromatic Pork Curry with Spinach
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 1½ tablespoons groundnut (peanut) oil; 400 ml (14 fl oz) tinned coconut milk; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 2 tablespoons fish sauce or light soy sauce; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 3 tablespoons finely shredded fresh galangal root or ginger; 2 fresh kafflr lime leaves or 2 teaspoons lime zest; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon shrimp paste; 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 450 g (1 lb) lean boneless pork; 2 teaspoons sugar; 4 dried red chillies; 3 stalks fresh lemongrass; 450 g (1 lb) fresh spinach; 2 teaspoons cornflour; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped fresh coriander

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ken Hom Cooks Thai

By Ken Hom

Published 2001

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Water spinach is numbered among many vegetables that thrive in Thailand’s humid, well-watered, tropical environment. It is a popular vegetable in Thailand and is cultivated commercially as well as growing wild in many places along the edges of the country’s many waterways.

It is similar to the spinach that is available in the West. The stems, however, are hollow. Like our familiar spinach, its intense colour and strong flavour make it a good companion to the distinctive tastes of th