Thai Red Pork Curry With Aubergines Recipes

THE ULTIMATE THAI RED CURRY RECIPE

Steps:

• To make the curry, combine all the ingredients in a blender and blitz until a smooth paste forms. You may need to stop and scrape the mixture down from the sides a couple of times.
• Heat oil in a heavy bottomed frying pan and add the curry paste. Cook for a couple of minutes. Add chicken and aubergine and coat with the paste and cook for 2 more minutes.
• Add coconut milk, lime leaves, sugar and fish sauce. Spread the chicken and aubergine out to make sure it cooks evenly, and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the green beans and simmer for a further 5 minutes. Season to taste, using sugar and fish sauce.
• Remove from heat and stir through Thai basil leaves. Serve immediately with sticky rice and garnish with coriander leaves and red chilli.

THAI RED PORK CURRY WITH AUBERGINES

Steps:

• In a wok melt the coconut cream, and cook for 4 minutes, do not allow it to brown, stir from the sides of the wok to the middle.
• Add the curry paste, sugar and fish sauce, cook for 3 minutes.
• Add the pork and stir fry for 6 minutes.
• Add the coconut milk and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the aubergine and lemon grass, cook for 5 minutes.
• Serve with rice or noodles and garnish with the sliced chilie.

THAI RED CURRY PORK

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl combine water, oil, cornstarch and salt. Add the sliced pork shoulder to the bowl and mix well. Cover and marinate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• In a medium bowl, stir together water, lime juice and salt. Add eggplant chunks to the bowl and soak to prevent the eggplant from turning brown. Set aside. Drain and rinse before cooking.
• In a large wok over high heat, heat the coconut cream until it bubbles, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the red curry paste, brown sugar, pork, and squash and stir to mix. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring often, for approximately 5 minutes. Add the thin coconut milk and continue cooking, stirring for 15 minutes.
• Add the eggplant and cook, stirring constantly to fully submerge the eggplant to prevent from discolouring. Add the chiles, Thai basil leaves, lime leaves and fish sauce. Mix well and cook for another minute. Season to taste then remove from the heat.
• Serve Thai Red Pork Curry with steamed rice.

THAI PORK CURRY

Steps:

• Heat wok to medium high, add oil, add curry paste, stir fry until heat hits you, up heat and add pork, continue stir frying, for a couple of minutes, then stir in coconut milk, toss in lime zest, ginger and garlic, bring to boil, cut heat and simmer until pork is tender.
• Stir in fish sauce, sugar, peppers and baby corn, drained-- if this is too runny at this point add 1 tbls corn starch mixed in a little water,cook until thickened then add basil and cilantro leaves-- Serve with any good rice, but fragrant jasmine rice is best with any Thai dish.

THAI PORK & PEANUT CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan or flameproof casserole. Add the spring onions and coriander stalks and cook for 1 min. Add the pork slices and cook for 5 mins until starting to brown.
• Stir in the curry paste and peanut butter. After 30 secs, add the sugar, soy and coconut milk, plus ½ can of water. Mix well, put a lid on and leave to simmer for 15 mins, stirring occasionally.
• Remove the lid, add the baby corn and increase the heat. Bubble for 3 mins until the corn is cooked and the sauce has thickened a little. Stir in the lime juice and check the seasoning. Can now be frozen for up to 2 months. To cook from frozen: thoroughly defrost, then heat in a pan on the hob until curry is hot all the way through. Serve scattered with the coriander leaves and rice.