Name: Prawn Green Curry with Bamboo Shoots
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons kapi (fermented shrimp paste); 4 small red Asian shallots; 1 large slice lime peel, pith removed, chopped; 10 lemongrass stems, pale part only, finely chopped; 4 kaffir lime leaves, finely chopped; 15 g (½ oz) coriander (cilantro), roots and stems rinsed and chopped (reserve leaves for the main dish); 8 green bird’s eye chillies, stems removed, seeded, sliced; Steamed jasmine rice, to serve; 1 tablespoon chopped galangal; 2 thumb-size green chillies, stems removed, seeded, sliced; finely grated zest and juice of 2 limes; 150 g (5½ oz) drained tinned bamboo shoots, sliced into thin strips; 1 handful of coriander (cilantro) leaves; 1 handful of Thai basil leaves; 8 kaffir lime leaves; 45 ml (1½ fl oz) fish sauce; 100 g (3½ oz) green beans, halved; 900 g (2 lb) large raw prawns (shrimp), peeled; 400 ml (14 fl oz) coconut milk; 1½ tablespoons grated palm sugar (jaggery) or soft brown sugar; 6 garlic cloves

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

My Street Food Kitchen

By Jennifer Joyce

Published 2015

About

Ask any Thai person for their version of green curry and you will get a completely different story each time. Being bordered by Malaysia, Laos and Myanmar (Burma), each region has its own influences, so the variations are endless. My paste is quick, easy and won’t leave you sweating insanely from too many bird’s eye chillies.

Ingredients

400 ml (14 fl oz) coconut milk
1½ tablespoons grated palm sugar (jaggery)

Method

To make the curry paste, put all of the ingredients with 2 tablespoons of water and a good grind of black pepper in a blender and process until a fine paste forms.

Scoop out 2 tablespoons of the thicker coconut sediment from the tin of coconut milk, put it in a saucepan or wok and bring it to the boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the cream starts to spl

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