Cà Ri Chay

Name: Cà Ri Chay
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 4 lime wedges, to serve; 2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped, for garnish; 1 tbsp sugar; 2 tbsp fish sauce; Salt and pepper, to taste; Salt and pepper, to taste; 1 x 400 ml tin of coconut milk; 1 green pepper, chopped; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 500 ml vegetable stock; 4 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 thumb of ginger, minced; 2 cloves of garlic, minced; 1 large onion, thinly sliced; 1 block of firm tofu, cut into cubes; 2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced; 1 large carrot, sliced; 1 tsp turmeric; 2 tbsp curry powder

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Radikal Kitchen

By Radhika Howarth

Published 2024

About

Cà Ri Chay is a vegetarian Vietnamese coconut-based curry which is typically served as a main course with rice or a baguette to help mop up the flavourful sauce. The dish’s rich coconut milk base is enhanced by a Vietnamese-style curry powder, known for its milder flavour compared to Indian or Thai curry blends.

Curry powder has been used in several Vietnamese dishes since the French colonial period in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many South Indians, particularly Tamils from t

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Asia
Vietnam
Fish course
Pescatarian
Southeast Asia

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