Thai Red Vegetable curry

Thai red vegetable curry

I am moving back to Thai today..I am making the most popular thai dish.I love thai food so much..They are spicy and coconut which I always love..I am planning to post many thai dishes soon..I live in a place where i cannot find galangal and lemon grass..I know those are important in thai cooking..But I always want to try this dish,so I bravely made this dish without those two..but still it came out great....The red curry I made was really good..You could make double the batch and freeze it,so you can use it whenever you want...I served this dish with roti,but this goes well with rice..I send this recipe to Blogging Marathon's Day 2 with the theme “Curry in a Hurry”..Please try this dish and let me know what you think...

Ingrediants:

Tofu- ½ packet cubed

Green Capsicum-1 cubed

Yellow Capsicum-1 cubed

Carrot-1 sliced in diagnol

Onion- ½ cubed

Mushroom-1 cup cubed

Baby corn-1 cup sliced lengthwise

Coconut milk-2 cups

Salt to taste

Sugar-1 tblspn

Lemon juice-1 tsp

For Thai Red curry paste:

Onion- ½  sliced

Shallots(sambar onion)- ½ cup

Dry red chilli-6

Ginger-1 inch piece

Garlic-10 cloves

Coriander seeds(malli)-1 tblspn

Cumin seeds(jeera)-1 tsp

Coriander stems- ½ cup

Kaffir lime skin(Narthankai)-3 peels

Salt -1 tsp

Oil-3 tblspn

Water as required

Method:

Make a paste by grinding all ingrediants in a mixer to a fine paste.

Fry the tofu pieces in a tsp of oil and set that aside.

Heat oil in a kadai and add 3 tblspn of the red curry paste and mix well.Season with salt and sugar to taste and mix well.Cook till oil separates.

Add in all the prepared vegetables and mix well.Cover and cook for 5 min.

Now add in the tofu pieces and mix well.

Pour in the coconut milk and mix well.Cook for 5 min.

Switch off the flame.Add a tsp of lemon juice and mix.

Serve hot with roti or rice.

Pictorial:

Ur ingrediants

all chopped and prepared

peel the skin of kaffir lime

Ur ingrediants for red curry paste

Blend to a smooth paste by adding water and oil

Fry paneer cubes

cook the paste in oil

add veggies and cook..Add in paneer pieces

Pour in coconut milk and let it boil

Serve hot

Check out the Blogging Marathoners doing BM#5 along with me  Curry in a hurry under 30 min: Aarthi, Divya, Jayashree, Kaveri, Pavani, Seven Days of Indian Sweets:Gayathri, Priya Suresh, Seven Days of Microwave Meals: Monika, Seven Days of Regional Specials:Harini, Vaishali, Suma Seven Days of Colorful Dishes Kid's Special: Kalyani Summer Coolers: Jayasree, Kamalika, Srivalli