Thai curry
7 Jan 2003 23:38![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
veekToday, I made Thai curry a la mamster. Mostly because I needed to make sure that some vegetables in my fridge didn't go bad, but it turned out to be a convenient way to deal with the cough that's been destroying my throat today. I mean, if my throat's going to be destroyed anyway, might as well do it in style!
This was the second time I made mamster's curry. I think, the next time I make it, the proportions will be markedly different. I'll put in more coconut milk, because I like coconut milk; and less red curry paste, in an attempt to lessen the bitter taste it gives in the back of the throat. I also wonder how different, and how much better, the curry would be if I had found palm sugar anywhere. I didn't look particularly hard, the couple of months ago when I was first shopping for Thai raw materials; and this is a pity, because Matthew is right: brown sugar is a lousy substitute.
All of this said, this is tasty stuff. I do believe that I really like it with arborio rice. It was what I made, having discovered that this was the only type of rice available in my kitchen (wtf?! - I lived without long-grain for FOUR MONTHS?).
This is a good time to mention my currently-favorite poem [in English]: Craig Arnold's Hot. Rather infuriatingly, there are some transcription mistakes -- you'd think the NEA of all entities would proofread poetry. But! Do check out the RealAudio file of the poem being read by Craig, as it is excellent.
This was the second time I made mamster's curry. I think, the next time I make it, the proportions will be markedly different. I'll put in more coconut milk, because I like coconut milk; and less red curry paste, in an attempt to lessen the bitter taste it gives in the back of the throat. I also wonder how different, and how much better, the curry would be if I had found palm sugar anywhere. I didn't look particularly hard, the couple of months ago when I was first shopping for Thai raw materials; and this is a pity, because Matthew is right: brown sugar is a lousy substitute.
All of this said, this is tasty stuff. I do believe that I really like it with arborio rice. It was what I made, having discovered that this was the only type of rice available in my kitchen (wtf?! - I lived without long-grain for FOUR MONTHS?).
This is a good time to mention my currently-favorite poem [in English]: Craig Arnold's Hot. Rather infuriatingly, there are some transcription mistakes -- you'd think the NEA of all entities would proofread poetry. But! Do check out the RealAudio file of the poem being read by Craig, as it is excellent.
