I pretty much just winged it - I wanted lots of leftovers, so I used an entire jar of Thai green curry paste (sorry, I couldn't face the hassle of homemade!), 3 cans of coconut milk, 4 aubergines, a bag of green beans, and over a kilo of chicken thighs. And a mountain of rice.
I chopped everything up, stir fried the veg, added chicken, and flavoured the coconut milk with lots of coriander, lemongrass, lime juice and fish sauce.
Brought to a boil, and simmered on low heat for about 45 minutes. I wanted everything to be melt in your mouth delicious.
Served with a simple salad with an Asian dressing (sesame oil, lime juice, white wine vinegar & fish sauce) and jasmine rice.
I would say it turned out quite well - I'm no expert when it comes to Thai cooking, but I love the ease of it and the fresh flavours are good any time of the year.
As for dessert - C had prepared the world's most delicious Tiramisu!
What with this and her spectacular gifts, she's going to be in my good books for a long time.
We burnt off the sugar (or some of it, at least) with Absolute Balderdash.
It's a fantastic game to play with your family and friends - we love it, alongside our favourite Taboo.
Do you have any recommendations for another fun game to add to our growing collection? We aren't ones to stay out late clubbing or doing anything remotely wild, but give us a good old board game and we can stay up 'til the crack of dawn laughing our heads off.
i loveeee green curry! big thumbs up to you for making it on your own! and that tiramisu looks so decadent hehe :) i'm getting super hungry right now
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it's so easy to make, if i can do it you can :) x
Deletelooks delicious- especially on a dreary day like today! Scrabble will always be my most favorite board game- it always comes out around Christmas time!
ReplyDeletei loooove scrabble. but the competitive beast side of me comes out every time... x
Deletelooks delicious!! I love thai green curry, one of my favourites :) x
ReplyDeleteit's a crowd pleaser! x
DeleteYummm! I love curry dishes but I usually make red thai curry. I should try this out instead!
ReplyDeleteoh i really want to try red curry - any favourite recipes you have for it? x
DeleteI never tried thai GREEN curry, maybe because it's a little intimidating in appearance? Otherwise I'm a good friend with Thai foods, especially when its sour and spicy!
ReplyDeleteoh you should! especially if you like Thai food in general, it's a classic you can't go wrong with x
DeleteTiramisu is probably one of my favourite desserts. 'I have a cunning plan' now;-) For the rest, u gave me some pretty serious education here;-) xx
ReplyDeleteyou should make one! and photograph it beautifully as you always do :) x
DeleteOhh the tiramisu looks SO good! I'm not a fan of curry at all but you even make that look super good!
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oh really?? well as long as you still like Tiramisu you can still be my friend ;) x
DeleteThis looks and sounds delicious! I love everything with green curry :)
ReplyDeletethanks Niina! it's so good isn't it x
DeleteApart from the corriander (I've tried so hard to like it, as I know a lot of asian cooking uses it) and tiramasu (bad childhood memories) this look delicious!
ReplyDeleteBig fan of a thai green curry - even when you want to be lazy and use a jar paste! x
This looks amazing. You truly make what I'm sure are complicated recipes seem simple haha. I don't think I could pull this off as well. But a birthday tiramisu?! Such a good idea!!
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