Day 6: Wednesday Oct 3

~ Thai Green Curry ~

I usually refer to this as # 13 at Thai Palace III in Dearborn. One of my most favorite dishes, referred to as some variation of Keaw warn (Keow Wan). I couldn't find the 'correct' spelling. Anyone fluent in Thai can correct me, please. :)

So - on to the food. We follow the instructions on the Thai Kitchen Green Curry bottle - but this is pretty close. http://amazingthaifoods-lomlamer.blogspot.com/2008/10/green-curry-chicken-gang-keaw-warn.html

We actually don't have any ingredients called for in the original recipe - so this is very different, just based on the Thai Green Curry foundation (the most important part!). It usually is eggplant, green pepper, peas, and your choice tofu/meat. Instead, we threw in the veggies we had on hand: cauliflower, red and green peppers, carrots, celery, kale, potatoes.
Sorry - have to interject: have you seen "So I Married an Axe Murderer"? Remember the line from Rose when she's telling Charlie: "How does a nice big breakfast sound…eggs, bacon, fresh squeezed orange juice (etc)?" Then the film cuts to her pouring cereal and saying - "we didn't have any of that other stuff". Ha! Classic.

Anyway, notes on the recipe:
We use lite coconut milk. We've found the fish sauce does make a difference in the taste - but if you don't have it on hand, just leave it out - it will still be yummy! :) And I just had to research fish sauce - apparently it's made of actual fish and doesn't meet our current dietary goals. Sigh...

Well, that's about it. Spicy, sweet, creamy, varying textures (depending on what you put in there) - served over a bed of brown rice, just perfection!