Tonight was a no nonsense, no, I'm not going to bother finding the kafir lime leaves, galangal, etc to make authentic-curry, but instead go for the prepared curry paste, and enjoy a veggie packed, slightly spicy chicken curry. Taken from epicurious, here, it's a good starting point, but I found some additions were very beneficial. Namely, fish sauce, sambal (chili paste) cauliflower, chicken broth, rather than the water it suggested, and a bit of brown sugar and lemon to give it that sweet/sour thing those of us who have never actually been to Thailand associate with Thai food. Would have been better with lime, but I missed that on my list. Even Boo (who has been known to walk away from coconut flavors of all sorts given an unfortunate incident a few years back with a coconut cake), had multiple servings, even of the veggies! Don't tell her it was loaded with coconut milk! I was hoping Zuzu would go for the rather psychedelic orange cauliflower, but she stuck to mostly rice. Oh, and whole sprigs of basil. Girl loves her herbs! The adults downed it with some Singha, and it was all quite tasty. I'd do it again.
Wednesday menu: Thai chicken curry and rice.
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