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; 300 ml (10 fl oz) home-made chicken stock or quality store-bought fresh stock; 2 teaspoons sugar; handful fresh basil leaves; 3 tablespoons fish sauce or light soy sauce; salt, to taste; 2 teaspoons lime zest; 1 tablespoon groundnut (peanut) oil; 1-2 tablespoons Thai green curry paste, to taste; 400 ml (14 fl oz) tin coconut milk; 225g (8 oz) potatoes; 225g (8 oz) carrots

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