Thai Red Curry With Jasmine Rice is a popular dish of Thai cuisine made by simmering fresh vegetables and tofu in coconut milk with a fiery Thai red curry paste. It is served with steamed jasmine rice or noodles for a complete meal. It is Vegan and Glutenfree.
3Dry Red ChiliUse Kashmiri red chili for nice red colour. You can add upto 10 red chili as per the spice level needed. Soak the red chili in warm water for 20 minutes and drained.
In the mixture grinder add all the ingredients - soaked and drained red chili, coriander stalks, onions, garlic, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, lemon grass stalks, grated ginger, salt and pepper.
Add little water and grind into a smooth paste.
Remove the paste in bowl. This red curry paste can be refrigerated for a month or freezed upto three months. (You can make more and store). The same paste can be used to make thai fried rice, noodles or other curry.
Saute Vegetables and tofu
In a pot heat a tbsp of oil.
Add all the chopped vegetables one by one. Mix well.
Add Tofu. Mix well.
Toss the vegetables and tofu on high heat for a minute till they have nicely coated with oil.
Remove the tossed vegetables in a plate and keep aside.
Thai Red Curry
Heat oil in the same pot.
Add the prepared red curry paste and saute for 3-4 minutes.
Add coconut milk and mix well (Use hand whisk to remove lumps of coconut milk).
Add 2-3 cups of water. (I have added water in the mixture jar in which the red curry paste was made and coconut milk can to remove all the leftover from them). Mix well.
Add kafir limes and soy sauce.
Add salt as per taste.
To thicken the curry, take one tbsp of cornflour in a bowl add 2-3 tbsp of water to make a smooth paste. (I had used refined flour as I did not had cornflour).
Add more water to make it smooth and add gradually the cornflour mixture to the curry stirring continuously.
Add the tossed vegetables to the curry.
Mix well.
Add sugar and mix well.
Boil the mixture for 8-10 minutes till the vegetables as soften and curry is thickened.
The curry is nicely thickened and is ready to serve. Remove in a serving bowl.
Jasmine rice
Take Jasmine rice
Soak it in water for 5 minutes and drain.
In a broad pan add the soaked and drained jasmine rice. Add 1.5 cups of water to it.
Mix well and let the water come to boil.
Mix well once the water starts to boil
Lower the heat. cover and simmer the rice for 10-15 minutes till the water is absorbed and rice is cooked.
Switch off the heat. The rice is cooked.
Jasmine rice is ready to serve.
Serving
Remove rice in a bowl. Press it well.
Flip the bowl on the serving plate and unmold the rice.
Put thai red curry in the serving plate and garnish with fresh coriander and serve.
Enjoy piping hot thai red curry with jasmine rice.