Thai Curries are a side dish that are on our buffet table daily. At the Food Forest Kitchen we make these curries with a vegan curry paste, which are easy to make. Here is our version of a vegan Thai pumpkin curry made with a yellow curry paste (check recipe here). We give you the recipe for a vegetarian pumpkin curry, but you can add fish or chicken or beef if you want in stead of tofu.
VEGAN THAI PINEAPPLE CURRY
Prep time: 15 – 20 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Total time: 35 minutes Serves: 2-6 people (in Thailand curry is just one side dish, if you have more side dishes, you can serve more people)
NOTE: We have used a red curry paste to make this dish, but you can also use a yellow curry paste or even a green curry paste.
INGREDIENTS
Yellow curry to your taste
Pumpkin or squash, cut in bite sized cubes
Some long beans, cut in 1 inch pieces
A bit of salt
1 cup of coconut milk (see recipe here)
Tofu, diced in bite sized cubes
Vegetable oil for cooking
Soy sauce
Sugarcane sugar
Some cilantro for decoration
EQUIPMENT
A heavy bottom saucepan or wok
A big spoon
A bowl for serving
PREPARATION
Cut the pumpkin in bite sized cubes
Cut the ling beans in 1 inch pieces
Dice the tofu in bite sized cubes
METHOD
Make your own coconut milk and yellow curry if you like
Add some vegetable oil in a medium to large sauce pan
Using medium heat, add in four tablespoons of coconut milk, and let it come to a boil.
Add in 2-3 tablespoons of curry paste. Depending on your taste.
Add the tofu, and stir until the tofu is cooked.
Add in half of the remainder of coconut milk. Keep stirring.
Add the soy sauce and the sugar.
Add in the rest of the coconut milk.
When the coconut milk thickens, add in the pumpkin and the beans.
Give it a taste. You may need to add in more soy sauce, curry or sugar depending on your preference.
Cover the pan, turn the heat to low and simmer for another 5 minutes.
Serve the Thai Pumpkin Curry along with steamed brown rice and sprinkled with the cilantro leaves on top for decoration.
This recipe is made at the @THEFOODFORESTKITCHEN, the slow food restaurant of @ECOLOGICTHAILAND.
Come and taste the wonderful homemade, fresh, organic food and drinks, while you enjoy the view over the rain forest and valley!
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