Ingredients
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Method
- Cook the jasmine rice. Dry-toast a spoon of extra rice until gold and grind (toasted rice powder). Mix it into the red curry paste with ginger, lemongrass and chili.
- Heat vegetable oil. Fry the paste 2 minutes, then the chicken thighs until coated.
- Pour in chicken stock, fish sauce and brown sugar. Simmer 12 minutes.
- Add green beans, baby corn, eggplant and kaffir lime leaves. Cook until the vegetables are tender. There is no coconut milk.
- Fold in basil. Serve with the rice.
Shopping tip
HIGH RISK: no coconut in jungle curry. Grachai (fingerroot) and green peppercorns are rare; use gengibre and skip the peppercorns. Pasta de caril vermelho, caldo de frango, feijão-verde, milho baby de lata, beringela, erva-limão, manjericão italiano, arroz jasmim. Folhas de lima kaffir: raspa de lima. Toasted rice: toast a spoon of arroz jasmim and grind.
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Suits a calmer day, or cooking ahead at the weekend.
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