Stir-fried green beans and cauliflower

Name: Stir-fried green beans and cauliflower
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: vegetable oil, for frying; 120 ml/4 fl oz water; 200 g / 7 oz green beans, cut into 5 cm / 2 inch lengths; 5 spring onions, trimmed and cut into 5 cm/2 inch lengths; juice of 1 lime; 400 g/14 oz cauliflower florets; ½ teaspoon cracked black pepper; a good handful of baby spinach leaves; ½ teaspoon turmeric powder; 1 teaspoon Demerara or palm sugar; 1 teaspoon Demerara or palm sugar; 2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce (nam pla); 2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce (nam pla); a handful of fresh coriander leaves and stalks, chopped; a handful of fresh coriander leaves and stalks, chopped; 4 garlic cloves, peeled

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

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Keith Floyd's Thai Food

By Keith Floyd

Published 2006

About

Ingredients

4 garlic cloves, peeled
a handful of fresh coriander leaves and stalks, chopped
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Asia
Thailand
Side dish
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
November
Winter

Method

Crush 3 of the garlic cloves and finely slice the remaining clove. Using a spice grinder or small blender, blend the chopped coriander, crushed garlic, 1 tablespoon of the fish sauce, the sugar and turmeric to make a paste.
Heat some oil in a wok or heavy-based frying pan and stir-fry the sliced garlic for 30