Thai Red Curry

Kartik’s favorite cuisine is Thai. One day I decided to surprise him by making the same. Since I had never made any Thai food earlier, I referred n number of recipes… & finally decided to make Veg. Thai Red Curry with homemade red curry paste. The recipe below is a combination of the many recipes referred. It is one of the easiest & simple to cook recipe when one gets the craving for Thai food. Hope u all Like it!

No. of Servings : 2 persons
Preparation Time : 20 mins

Ingredients :

• 4 tbsp Red curry paste
• 1tbsp Paprika or Kashmiri chilly powder
• 1¼ cup Coconut milk
• 1 cup Boiled vegetables (French beans, broccoli, baby corn)
• ½ cup Carrot
• ½ cup Bell Pepper (red and green)
• ½ cup Onion
• 1 tbsp Basil leaves
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• ½ tsp Soy sauce
• ½ cup Extra firm tofu (small cubes)
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• Salt to taste

Method :

• Heat oil
• Saute tofu & remove it on the side
• In the same oil add carrots and saute for 1 min
• Add onion saute for 2 more mins
• Add bell pepper for additional 1 min
• Reduce to low flame and add curry paste
• Add paprika or kashmiri chilly powder & saute for few more mins
• Then finally add coconut milk followed by boiled veggies, basil salt & sugar.
• In the end add sauted tofu & soy sauce
• Serve with plain boiled (Jasmine) rice

Tips/Variations :

• One can adjust spicy taste by reducing or increasing red chillies or by using oil with red chilly.
• Also if anyone likes more of Basil, you can definitely increase the quantity of the same.