Thai Green Vegetable Curry - Luke Willsmore

Thai Green Vegetable Curry - Serves 4
by Luke Willsmore 
11/01/2014

 





Ingredients: -

 
  • ½ butternut squash
  • 1 red pepper
  • 120g baby corn
  • ½ a fresh red chilli
  • 1 tablespoon groundnut oil
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • ½ x 400ml tin coconut milk
  • 200ml vegetable stock
  • 75g mange tout
  • 1 lime 
  • For the green curry paste
  • 1 stalk of lemongrass
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 fresh green chilli
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 3cm fresh ginger
  • A small bunch of fresh coriander
  • ½ teaspoon coriander seeds
  • Optional: 4 fresh or dried lime leaves
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • Optional: ½ tablespoon fish sauce
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    Method: -

    • Preheat the oven to 190ºC/375ºF/gas 5
    • Carefully halve the butternut squash, then scoop out the seeds with a spoon and discard
    • Chop the squash into 3cm chunks, leaving the peel on but removing any thick skin

    • Halve and deseed the red pepper and cut into 3cm chunks
    • Add the squash and the pepper to a roasting tray
    • Drizzle with a lug of olive oil

    • Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper and toss together
    • Roast in the hot oven for about 30 minutes, or until golden and slightly charred
    • Remove from the oven and put aside

    • Trim the lemongrass stalks, peel back and discard the outer leaves, bash them a few times with the heel of your hand or a rolling pin to crush them
    • Trim the spring onions
    • Halve and deseed the green chillies

    • Peel and roughly chop the garlic and ginger
    • Set aside a few sprigs of fresh coriander
    • Whiz the rest in a food processor with the lemongrass stalks, spring onions, chillies, garlic, ginger, coriander seeds and lime leaves (if using), until everything is finely chopped – the smell will be amazing!

    • While whizzing, pour in the soy sauce and fish sauce, if using
    • Blitz again until you have a smooth paste
    • If you don’t have a food processor, chop everything by hand as finely as you can – it may take a while but it will be so worth it

    • Finely chop the red chilli and put to one side
    • Place a large pan or wok over a high heat
    • When it’s really hot, add the groundnut and sesame oils, swirl them around, then carefully drop in the baby corn and your green curry paste and stir-fry for about 30 seconds

    • Pour in the coconut milk and stock
    • Add the mangetout, roasted squash and roasted pepper
    • Give it all a good stir, bring to the boil and cook for a few minutes

    • Have a taste and add a bit more soy sauce if you think it needs it
    • Push down on the lime and roll it around to get the juices going, then cut it in half
    • Squeeze the juice into the pan – this will give your curry a lovely twang

    • Pick the leaves off the remaining coriander sprigs
    • Serve the curry sprinkled with the coriander leaves and the chopped red chilli, and some fluffy rice



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