Green Beef Curry

Name: Green Beef Curry
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 350 g (12oz) fillet of beef, thinly sliced and then cut into strips; 425 ml (15fl oz) coconut cream; 2 tablespoons groundnut oil; 3 tablespoons green chilli paste; Fresh basil leaves; 3–4 Kaffir lime leaves, torn into pieces; 2.5 cm (1 inch) fresh root ginger, chopped; 1 red and 1 green chilli pepper; seeded and finely chopped; 1 red and 1 green chilli pepper; seeded and finely chopped; A few fresh green peppercorns; 1 aubergine, peeled, cubed and blanched

Preparation info

Serves
3-4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Far Flung Floyd

By Keith Floyd

Published 1994

About

Ingredients

2 tablespoons groundnut oil
3 tablespoons green chilli paste
350

Asia
Thailand
Main course
Side dish
Gluten-free
South East Asia

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan and add the chilli paste. Cook for a minute. Add the beef and stir-fry over a high heat for a minute.

Add the coconut cream, fish sauce and sugar and bring to the boil. Cook for a minute, stirring them round the pan.

Add the aubergine, peppercorns, chillies, ginger and lime leaves. Cook for about 2 minutes, sprinkle with the basil leaves and serve.