Thai red curry

Thai red curry

A spicy little curry that's ready in only 20 minutes - there's enough for four, but you can easily double the quantities

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 mins

Method

  1. To make the paste, put all the ingredients into a food processor and blitz really well until you have a smooth paste. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large wok or frying pan, fry the paste for a few minutes until it becomes fragrant then add the coconut milk. Bring to the boil, then add the meat and vegetables of your choice and simmer; chicken, beef or pork will take 5-8 minutes; prawns and fish about 2-3 minutes; vegetables such as squash or pumpkin, courgettes, peppers, baby corn, green beans, aubergine or carrots will take about 5 minutes; and spring onions, mange tout or spinach will need only a minute.
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Know-how

Don't be put off by the long ingredients list: the supermarket should have this lot. This paste is very quick to make; there's enough for four but you can double the quantities. It will keep in the fridge for up to a week and it's fine to freeze, too.

Per serving

312 kcalories, protein 25.2g, carbohydrate 6.5g, fat 20.8 g, saturated fat 14.5g, fibre 0.5g, salt 1.31 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2005.

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  • 10 November 2009

    lynne R commented on this recipe

    My husband, BIll, has just decided he likes to cook, this was just sooooo good, first time I had ever used fresh chillies as well. This is a definite keeper. We live in South Carolina usa, Thai restaurants are very few and far between ,so with Bill cooking good Thai food I can last a little longer between visits to the UK( Indian is the next lesson!!!!!!!) and I am sure I will find one on this site.

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  • 18 November 2009

    cjcowb rated and commented on this recipe

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    I loved this recipe. It went down a treat in our house, the paste was really easy to make and I will certainly be making this again.

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  • 04 January 2010

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  • 18 June 2010

    Zoe rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    We very much enjoyed the dish and I will be making it again. It is very easy to make and makes the kitchen smell wonderful. As others have said a whole can on coconut milk does give a large amount of sauce which may not suit everyone but was fine for us.

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  • 02 July 2010

    msfitz rated and commented on this recipe

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    I make this recipe quite regularly, and i cant always get hold of lemon grass so i use the juice of a lemon or two instead. Also i have used ground ginger instead of fresh. Beautiful!

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  • 17 August 2010

    afortunado commented on this recipe

    I am not the greatest of cooks but this recipe for me was very easy and it tasted lovely. I managed to buy lemon grass stalks at both tesco and asda

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  • 16 January 2011

    Yorkshire Bex rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    The husband made this for us tonight, was really lovely. We live in Southern Europe and sometimes struggle to get ingredients, but we managed to find lemongrass in a jar only other ingredients we couldn't find were long red chillies, but found some lovely red birds eyes! Consequently our paste wasn't very red, but it had a lovely kick to it! We found the sauce to be quite runny, would use coconut cream next time, to hell with the calories.

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    20 November 2011

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  • 12 December 2011

    xoxsbnxox rated and commented on this recipe

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    Thai curry paste was delicious and really easy to make, yum!

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  • 01 March 2012

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  • 05 May 2012

    Janey B rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really tasty and easy to make. Only used 2 chillies as only had 2 but it was perfect. Sainsburys stock lemongrass stalks in packs of 2.

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  • 12 September 2012

    emilymsh rated and commented on this recipe

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    Everyone loved this! Delicious and really easy to make.

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  • 04 February 2013

    ismeimher rated and commented on this recipe

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    Amazing dish...so easy to make. My family and friends are always impressed when we have this, also the house smells like a Thai restaurant!!!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 mins

Ingredients

  • vegetable oil or sunflower oil
  • 400g tin coconut milk
  • chicken or beef, pork, fish, peeled prawns and vegetables about 500g in total; cut the meat and fish into bite-sized pieces and veg into smaller pieces or slices so it all cooks through quickly

CURRY PASTE

  • 3 shallots , roughly chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 3 long red chillies ,deseeded (leave some in if you like it hot)
  • a walnut sized piece of ginger , peeled and chopped
  • 1 lime , zested and juiced
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce (this can be replaced with light soy sauce for vegetarians)
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • lemongrass stalk, roughly chopped
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Per serving

312 kcalories, protein 25.2g, carbohydrate 6.5g, fat 20.8 g, saturated fat 14.5g, fibre 0.5g, salt 1.31 g

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