Thai Green Curry with Sugar Snaps, Asparagus & Broccolini

My previous posts have been fairly meaty so I thought it would be good time for me to jam pack more vegetables in our diet as well as on my blog.

My modus operandi with vegetables is stir fry with garlic and oyster sauce. Yawn. I know.

But, do not worry, I won’t bore with garlic and oyster sauce vegetable stir fry. Not today anyway ha!

I love Thai green curry, mainly because I love all kinds of coconut-based curries. A tablespoon of Thai green curry paste and 210 ml (7 fl ounces) of light coconut milk are all you’ll need to make 600g (21 ounces) of green vegetables to taste out of this world. A comforting bowl of vibrant and crunchy green vegetables infused in flavourful coconut broth, can I ask for one more bowl please?

I almost wrote this is down as a vegetarian dish. However, a lot of store bought Thai green curry paste contain fish sauce, which is not vegetarian friendly obviously. I have managed to find a brand that does not have any seafood product. For non-vegetarians, you can add brown sugar and fish sauce to amp up the flavouring of the curry. As for vegetarians, salt and brown sugar should do the trick. The brand I used was Thai Gourmet (the link here is to show how the bottle looks like – please note I did not get the paste from this website) which is available in most chained supermarkets in Australia. A tablespoon of this brand’s green curry paste is sufficiently spicy and flavourful. So I feel there is no need to add any more fish sauce or brown sugar.

Thai Green Curry with Sugar Snaps, Asparagus & Broccolini

2 to 3 servings with rice

What you’ll need:-

Cooking oil – I used canola oil
200g (7 ounces) asparagus, trimmed & sliced diagonally into 3 parts
200g (7 ounces) sugar snaps, deveined
200g (7 ounces) broccolini, trimmed & sliced into 3 parts
A pinch of salt
2 tbsps of water
1 tbsp Thai green curry paste (adjust to taste) – I used Thai Gourmet brand
210ml (7 ounces) light coconut milk – I used Ayam Brand
A handful of fresh basil (about 7g/ 0.2 ounce)
Sliced red chilli as garnish – optional

Method:-

Add a little oil onto a large pan. When the oil is fairly hot, add asparagus, sugar snaps, broccolini and water with a pinch of salt and saute until the vegetables are slightly tender and become vibrant green. Transfer the vegetables onto a plate and set aside. In the same pan, saute the Thai green curry paste over low heat until fragrant. I will not add oil at this point because there is already oil in the paste. Stir in the coconut milk and turn the flame to medium-high until it starts to boil. Turn the flame to low and mix the vegetables in the coconut broth. Allow the vegetables to cook in the broth to your desired tenderness. Turn off the flame and stir in the basil. Garnish with some sliced chilli before serving. Serve immediately with rice.