Thai-Style Lamb Curry

Name: Thai-Style Lamb Curry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 450g (1 lb) minced lamb; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 tablespoon groundnut (peanut) oil; 400 ml (14 fl oz) tin coconut milk; 3 tablespoons fish sauce or light soy sauce; 300 ml (10 fl oz) home-made chicken stock or quality store-bought fresh stock; 1-2 tablespoons Thai green curry paste, to taste; 225g (8 oz) carrots; 2 teaspoons lime zest; salt, to taste; 225g (8 oz) potatoes; handful fresh basil leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Ken Hom's Quick Wok

By Ken Hom

Published 2002

About

Unlike most curries, this delicious lamb curry is quick to make. It goes well with plain steamed rice.

Ingredients

225g (8 oz) potatoes
225g (8

Asia
China
Main course
Spicy

Method

Peel the potatoes and cut into 2.5cm (1 in) cubes. Peel the carrots and roll-cut them into 2.5cm (1 in) lengths.
Heat a wok over high heat until it is hot. Add the oil, and when it is very hot and slightly smoking, add the curry paste and stir-fry for 20 seconds.
Slowly drizzle in the coconut milk, stirring cont