Instructions:
Though preparation the green curry paste is tedious, but the result is worth it because you can control the level of fragrance from coriander and galangal, the spiciness of the curry and tips to make sure your curry remain green colour after cooking.
You should be realising now that this curry does not use any red chillies or curry powder. The flavour and taste are contributed by the galangal, coriander (roots and seeds), kafir lime (skin and leaves), lemon grass, holy basil and green chilies. It is consider the basic yet crucial. You may replace galangal with ginger, or excluded the coriander roots, but you will not able to obtain the authenticity of real green curry.
Special highlight for few following step:
1. It is always better to use mortal and pastel to prepare the curry paste. You may use the food processor to blend all the ingredients, but the machine only able to shred the materials but not pound till the essential oil and fragrance releases from these spices. If you in rush yet want to have the authentic tastes, blended them to smaller texture and use mortal with pastel to pound them. Yup, need to wash extra machine but it make your hard work simple with better taste.
2. Another crucial taste of green curry is come from fish sauce and belacan. Both contributed a unique umami taste and elevate the curry themselves without addition of salt or soy sauce.
3. As we already know, the curry obtain the green colour from all these green herbs and spices. When we cook green colour vegetables or herbs for long period, the chlorophyll (green substance in plants) will degraded and our curry will turn slightly pale yellowish green. It is still fine but not as pleasing as we wish. Therefore, I added in spinach into preparing the coconut milk solution with Holy basil. Spinach is neutral in flavour and it will remain green in colour even after stir fry. The end result is your curry will be darker green in colour in comparison without it. DO TRY THIS TRICKS.
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