Red Curry Shrimp with veggies

We finally got a camera. Now I have no more excuses ...

Thai food is one of our favorite cuisines to eat out. When I went to Bangkok to see Akka, I had some of the best thai food I have ever had. The crab curry, the mixed fruit papaya salad aah..mouth watering to say the least..But Of course, you would say, but it was nothing like you get here. Deliciaso, yummo food..in samik's words.

One of my favorites restaurants here in the valley is Malees Thai Bistro. A few months ago, I had been to a cooking class they hosted. I got some really cool recipes. One of them being the "Coco Chilli fish" recipe. Today I tried it, substituing the fish with shrimp. Turned out pretty good....Here is a picture and the recipe. It has been modified from the one they gave me...Kya kare aadat hi hain...can't follow instructions :-)

Ingredients

1/2 a large red onion

10 large cloves of garlic

About 12-15 red chillies , de-seeded

2 tsps Fish Sauce

1 tsp tamarind paste

1 spoon brown sugar

Tiger Shrimp

Corn Starch

Assorted vegetables

Method

Start by roasting the onions and then the garlic and red chillies. Blend them together and then fry the paste along with the tamarind paste, sugar and fish sauce. roast for atleast 10 minutes and then add the cocunut milk to get the sauce ready.

Mix the corn starch with salt and some chilli pwder. dip the shrimp in it and deep fry in hot oil (I Know..not healthy ...but once in a while its okay to treat yourself ;-) ). Stir fry the veggies.. You can serve the Shrimp topped with the sauce with brown rice(aha..there is the "good" part) and the veggies.

Coming up....

Veg Biryani

Vegetable Korma

Chicken curry...

That's my menu for the party this weekend...until then.... Ciao...