A new additional hobby....cooking....

For so long this blog has not been updated.

Today, I would like to share something on cooking that is one of my past-time hobby. I'm not the best cook....but I love to experiment with new recipe, ingredients and look for short-cut to produce best dishes.... :-).

At this moment, I'm in Kuantan the capital city of Pahang, the largest state in the Penisular of Malaysia. Just visiting a family and good friends. We are planning to cook for today's dinner. I will cook the popular "Thai's chicken green curry", as such I will share with you the recipe (do notice that I will not really cook from scratch).

The Thai's green curry paste

The ingredients include green curry paste (get this from commercially available product), Thai's basil leave, Turkey berry (terung pipit)(don't really know what to call this in English...I think it is Turkey berry), kaffir lime leave, tomato, large onions, small cuts of chicken and coconut milk (preferably the fresh one....if you are not able to get this just by the instant one).

Turkey berry or terung pipit.......a family of egg plants

Kaffir lime leave.....citrussy smell that is common in Thai dishes

Diced coarsely the large onion. Fried them with 4 tablespoons of cooking oil until clear, then add the green curry paste. Continue frying until they look dry. Put in the chicken pieces and fry them for few minutes. This is just to lock the chicken juice. Pour in about half cup of water and throw in the Turkey berry. If you wish to make the curry much hotter, just add some crush chillies. When the chicken is almost cooked, put in the coconut milk and basil leaves. At the end, put in the tomato and simmer for another 2 minutes. Now the green curry is ready to be enjoyed either with rice or even as a sauce for spagetthi. Try this! :-)

Thai basil leaves......sweet in smell.

What a nice Thai's chicken green curry! Just look at the photo below......for the finished product.

The Thai's chicken green curry

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