If you are a Thai food lover, check out our Thai Red Curry with Prawns and Snow Peas or Slow Cooker Thai Chicken and Wild Rice Soup. Whenever my vegetable crisper is overflowing with produce, I often turn to curries. Served with steamy rice they are loved by everyone in the family and take almost no time to prepare. The type of curry depends on what I have available. I usually don’t bother with making my own curry pastes. They take a lot of time, quite a bit of local cuisine knowledge and a long list of ingredients. Instead I buy good quality curry pastes, that have been put together by experts. Just look at the list of ingredients below. Put up your hand if you have them all in your fridge. I certainly don’t.
Ingredients
Thai green curry paste, which is usually made with fresh green chillies, ginger, garlic, cilantro/coriander stalks and roots, lemongrass and a lot more aromatics. coconut milk fish sauce or fish sauce substitute suitable for vegetarians and vegans lime juice vegetables chicken, fish, beef, seafood (optional)
What vegetables can I use in vegetarian curries?
The short answer is anything you like! Apart from new baby potatoes, broccoli, snow peas red bell peppers, here are a few ideas of what else you can use in vegetarian curries.
sweet potato butternut squash baby corn bamboo shoots eggplant zucchini
What can I use for protein in vegetarian and vegan curries?
chickpeas or any other beans tofu
This potato and chickpea curry is ready in under 20 minutes and an absolutely perfect summer dinner. New baby potatoes, crunchy snow peas, tender stem broccoli, red bell peppers and nutty chickpeas swimming in spicy green curry all blend perfectly for a garden fresh and comforting meal. A beauty to look at and one that’s good for you too!
What is the difference between Thai red and green curries?
The main difference is in the chillies. Dried red chillies are used in red curries while green curries are prepared with fresh green chillies, making them less spicy. So if you are not a fan of spice, go for Thai green curries and explore this wonderful and aromatic cuisine.
How to make it
With complex flavours and lots going on, making Thai green curry might seem complicated, but it’s really not. Follow these steps and you’ll master it in no time: I didn’t think much of my creation but I still snapped a photo and posted it on Instagram because…well…that’s what we bloggers do. You guys went crazy for it and asked for a recipe. I had to oblige because I love you all so much. Here I present to you my green vegetable, potato and chickpea Thai curry!
More curry recipes to try
Chinese Chicken Curry Butter Chicken Curry Cauliflower and Potato Curry Aloo Gobi Chickpea and Butternut Squash Curry
