Sawadee Ka (Swadisht kha!!)

The title should have given you an inkling of today's menu... if not it is Thai!! My favorite of all cuisines. I would have loved to ake a more authentic version of the Thai yellow curry but had to make do with what I had at home. You could add the essential ingredients that I left out and your curry will turn out even better!
I made burnt garlic fried rice and Thai yellow curry.

Burnt garlic fried rice and Thai yellow curry

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Burnt Garlic Fried Rice

10-15 cloves of garlic chopped

2 cups rice cooked

2 tbsps of soy sauce

Salt and pepper to taste

Heat oil in a wok and add the garlic. Saute till the garlic start turning light brown and emit a strong aroma. Now add the rice, soy sauce, salt and mix well and cook for 2 mins. Add pepper and mix well. That's all there is to it!

Thai Yellow Curry

1 cup capcium, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes each all chopped into 2 inch pieces

1/2 cup peas

1 small onion chopped finely

1 cup firm tofu chopped into same size as the veggies

1 cup thick coconut milk

1 tsp turmeric pd

Salt to taste

To be ground to a paste

Dry roasted - 3 tbsps whole coriander seeds and 2 tbsps cumin seeds

1 inch piece of ginger chopped (you could use the lemon ginger for more flavor)

4 red chillies soaked in hot water for a couple of hrs

Grind all this to a smooth paste and reserve

Heat a pan and add oil and saute the veggies - starting onions and then the ones that take longer to cook namely potatoes and carrots. Add the capsicum, peas and tomatoes and turmeric pd and salt and a cup of water and cover and cook till all the vegetables are cooked. Now add the ground paste and another 1/2 cup water and cover and simmer till the paste is well incorporated into the dish. Then add the coconut milk and adjust the salt if necessary. Cover and simmer for another 5 mins. Adjust the thickness of the gravy to your preference. If it is too thin you could add cornflour to thicken it. 

Also I did not have basil leaves and lemon grass. If you do have those please add it when you add water to cook the vegetables.

Easy breezy Thai curry is ready!!

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kŏr hâi jà-rern aa-hăan!
That means Bon appetit in Thai!! (I looked it up!)