GREEN SHRIMP CURRY (THAI)
Ingredients: • 2 1/4 cups coconut milk • 3 tablespoons fish sauce • 1/2 tablespoon sugar • 3/4 kg. shrimp (cleaned and shelled) • 3/4 cups sweet peas • 3 green chili peppers • 10 basil leaves
For Curry Paste: • 15 green chili peppers • 3 pieces sliced kha • 1 teaspoon each of chopped coriander root, caraway, citrus skin • 2 tablespoons lemon grass, sliced • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg • 7 cloves garlic • 5 cloves red onion • 1 teaspoon shrimp paste
Directions: Pound all ingredients of curry paste until smooth.
Heat half a cup of coconut milk until the oil comes out.
Stir-fry the curry paste for a while.
Add fish sauce and sugar.
Add shrimp and fry.
Add the remaining coconut milk and let it boil.
Add sweet peas and green chili peppers and boil for a few minutes.
Add basil and remove from heat.
Courtesy of H.J. Heinz Co. www.heinz.com
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