Thursday, May 24, 2012

Thai Green Curry Pork With Long Beans

Thai curry dishes with green beans. The sweet, sour and spicy creamy sauce, even though the curry is slightly hot makes you want to eat more rice.
Ingredients:
500g pork tenderloin, thinly sliced
100g long beans cut in to small pieces
1 long green chili, sliced
400ml coconut milk
5 pcs fresh or dried kaffir lime leaves, torn in half
3 tbsp green curry paste
2 tbsp palm sugar
2 tbsp lime juice
2-3 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Preparation:
1. Heat the oil in a copper saute pan or wok, stir fry the green curry paste over medium to low heat for a few minutes or until fragrant.
2. Add the pork to the pan and stir for 5 minutes or until no pink remains.
3. Add the coconut milk to the pan.
4. Stir well and close with a lid, gently cook on a low flame till almost done.
5. Open the lid and add lime leaves, fish sauce, palm sugar and lime juice.
6. Add the beans and chili, stir and cook for a few minutes more or until vegetable are crisp tender.
7. Taste and adjust the seasoning, spoon into a serving bowl and serve with  steamed Thai jasmine rice.