Thai Green Curry

I was jus watching 'chef and the better half ' on NDTV Good Times where you find both husband and wife cooking for you (Nikhil and Natasha). It is jus a fun cookery show wherein you have to concentrate really hard if you want to follow the recipe in between their romances !

Here's a receipe which is similar to our Avial.

Ingredients:

To be made into paste -

cumin seeds - 1 1/2 tbsp roasted

Coriander seeds - 2 to 3 tbsp roasted

green chillies - 3 to 4 slit

ginger - 1 inch cube

onions - 1 chopped

other ingredients for the gravy/sauce:

garlic - 1 tbsp

sugar - a pinch

salt to taste

carrot- 1/2 cup chopped in cubes

broccoli - 1/2 cup chopped ( optional )

cauli flower - 1/2 cup chopped

potatoes - 1/2 cup chopped

baby corn - 1/2 cup chopped

coconut milk - 2 cups thick

1 cup thin

Method:

Grind into a smooth paste with little water all the ingredients mentioned under to be made to a paste

in a pan / kadai add oil and when hot had garlic. saute well and add the paste in the blender and stir by adding very little water.

Add coconut milk little by little , starting from the thick milk and stir continuously.

Add salt, sugar and stir

one by one start adding the vegetables, stir and close the container.

Allow the veg to cook in the coconut milk gravy and when done serve.

Serving suggestion: Taste best with steamed rice.

Nutrition : all the veg and coconut milk have good amount of proteins and vitamins in them.