“Garden To Table” – Thai Greenish Curry Shrimp Amongst Peas Basil

Each summertime I endeavour to purpose our garden goodies (“Garden to Table” posts) equally the star attraction inwards sometimes novel as well as delicious recipes.  While nosotros don’t accept a ton of ripe vegetables … yet, nosotros did harvest a bunch of English linguistic communication Green Peas.  Have you lot always shelled peas?  It’s an slow but fourth dimension consuming task.  I’m non complaining i flake because peas are a favorite of mine.  I dearest to swallow them raw correct out of the pod.  So seriously fresh!  I unremarkably sentinel a pic or something interesting on TV piece shelling away. 

I saw this recipe inwards the Spring CookFresh magazine as well as knew it was the i for me!  Fresh peas as well as fresh basil?  Check as well as Check.  Then all you lot demand is kokosnoot milk, Asian fish sauce, shrimp as well as curry paste.  An slow as well as delicious combination amongst non also much heat.  Traveling married adult man loved this dish as well as took leftovers for luncheon the side past times side day.  

The peas are a piddling wrinkled because they were non cooked for a long fourth dimension inwards liquid.  They tasted dandy as well as were not mushy.  Maybe side past times side fourth dimension I’ll precook the peas inwards H2O to soften them upward a flake or leave of absence them inwards the kokosnoot milk mixture a piddling longer..

This was the get-go fourth dimension I always cooked amongst Green Curry Paste.  Green curry is supposed to hold upward the hottest of all the curry spices but this construct had a rattling mild flavor.  Perhaps the oestrus is construct specific hence depository fiscal establishment fit the label if you lot are non into the hot stuff.

Thai Green Curry Shrimp
(Adapted from a recipe inwards the Spring 2012 edition of CookFresh magazine)
Two 13.5 or fourteen ounce cans unsweetened kokosnoot milk (I used i regular as well as i lite)
1/4 loving cup Thai light-green curry paste
2 1/2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
1 tablespoon packed lite brownish sugar
1 lb. large shrimp, shelled as well as deveined
1/2 loving cup fresh basil leaves, torn into bite-size pieces
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen light-green peas (thawed if frozen)

Spoon 1/2 loving cup of the thick kokosnoot cream into a large heavy saucepan.  Heat over medium oestrus as well as add together the curry paste.  Whisking constantly, laid until heated through as well as smooth, well-nigh three minutes.  Stir inwards the remaining kokosnoot milk as well as select to a boil over high heat, whisking frequently.  Boil for several minutes as well as hence cut back the oestrus to depression as well as add together the fish sauce as well as sugar.  Simmer gently for five minutes, whisking occasionally.

Increase the oestrus to medium high, stir inwards the shrimp as well as laid only until the shrimp are opaque, well-nigh four minutes.  Stir inwards the basil as well as peas as well as cook, stirring frequently, until the peas are heated through, well-nigh 1 minute.

Serve over jasmine rice.

I am actually into the spicy foods these days.  Feel costless to post service a link to your favorite spicy dish below inwards the comments section.  We’ve got the camper all packed as well as caput out Sabbatum morning time for an adventure inwards the woods.  I’m hence excited to leave of absence of the work solid as well as swat roughly bugs for a alter 🙂  We may only accept a camping ground dish to post service side past times side week!  Please don’t forget well-nigh the PB Crave Peanut Butter giveaway!  Check dorsum Mon for your adventure to win.

Thanks hence much for stopping by!

Tricia

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