Thai Green Curry With Seasonal Greens
A fresh and spicy curry using homemade curry paste. This dish is an excellent way to use up stale old greens. Don't worry if you're not into heat, you can easily change up spice intensity of the paste to make it as mild or hot as you fancy.
Ingredients
- 2 (400g) cans Coconut Milk
- 1 Medium Broccoli or other seasonal brassica I've used purple sprouting broccoli, but other ideas include cauliflower, brussels sprouts, savoy cabbage. Whatever you choose - slice into 1/2cm thin pieces.
- 50 g Greens I've used Spinach but you can use any greens you want - kale, spring greens, e.t.c.
- 1 Kaffir Lime leaf don't worry if you can't find this, the recipe works just fine without it
Green Curry Paste
- 15 g Fresh Coriander
- 50 g Spinach or Kale
- 1 Teaspoon Turmeric
- 1 Teaspoon Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 6 Cloves Garlic peeled
- 50 g Ginger peeled
- 3 Medium Onions skins removed and halved
- 2-4 Medium Green Chillies change amount depending on how spicy you want your curry
- 1 Medium Green Pepper stem and core removed and roughly chopped
- 2 Medium Limes juiced
- 2 Stalks Lemon Grass
- 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
Instructions
- Add all the paste ingredients to a food processor. Blitz until all the ingredients blended into a chunky paste.
- Heat a deep saucepan over a medium heat and tip in the curry paste. Cook the paste for around 3-5 minutes, until most of the moisture has been removed.
- Pour the coconut milk into the pan and add in the kaffir lime leaf. Stir the mixture to combine evenly. Bring the contents to the boil, then cover and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
- Once the curry has simmered, add in your broccoli. Increase the heat and cook for a further 2-4 minutes until the broccoli has softened but still has a little bite.
- Remove the pan from the heat and tip in the spinach. Stir in the leaves until wilted.
- Enjoy the curry on it's own or with a good helping of jasmine rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 411kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Sodium: 455mg | Potassium: 986mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 2279IU | Vitamin C: 126mg | Calcium: 127mg | Iron: 7mg