Thai Green Fish Curry
 
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Thai 7 Spice fried Sea bass topped with a home-made Thai Green Curry
Recipe type: Main Course
Serves: 2
Ingredients
For the Green Curry Paste
  • 3 Green Chillies
  • 1 cup Fresh Thai Basil Or replace with sweet Basil
  • 2 cups Fresh Coriander
  • 6 Spring Onions chopped
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Ginger chopped, or Ginger Puree
  • 3 cloves Garlic chopped
  • 3 stalks Lemon grass chopped, white core only
  • 1 tbsp Ground Coriander
  • ½ tsp Turmeric powder
  • ¼ tsp Shrimp Paste
  • ½ tsp Black pepper ground
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp lime zest
  • 1 whole Lime Juiced
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
For the Thai Green Curry
  • 1 can tick coconut milk/cream (thick part only)
  • ¼ cup chicken or vegetable stock
  • Selection of Vegetables ( we used baby corn, red peppers sliced, orange peppers sliced and sliced button mushrooms
  • 2 tsp fish sauce
  • Fresh Coriander and red chilli for garnish
For the Fish
  • 2 Seabass fillets
  • 1 tbsp corn flour
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • 1 tsp Thai 7 Spice
  • ½ tsp salt
Instructions
Prepare the Thai Green Curry Paste
  1. Add all the rougher ingredients to the blender and blend first Thai green Fish Curry Ingredients
  2. Then add all the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth Thai green Fish Curry Ingredients Thai green Fish Curry Ingredients
  3. Set aside
Prepare the fish
  1. Mix the flours, salt and Thai 7 spice together
  2. Preheat a wok with oir or a deep fat fryer for frying
  3. Make sure the fish is patted dry with kitchen rolls. Season the Fish with a bit of Thai 7 Spice first (rub all over) Season the sea bass with Thai 7 Spice
  4. When the oil is almost hot enough roll the fish in the seasoned flour and pat to shake off the excess flour
  5. Fry for 5-10 minutes or until the fish is golden and cooked. The length of cooking depends on the tickness of the fish fillet you have (dont overcook!) Fry the seabass Set the fish aside after frying
Cook the curry
  1. In a wok or saucepan heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  2. Add 2 tbsp Green Curry Paste and fry for 30 seconds
  3. Add the coconut milk, stock, fish sauce and vegetables fry the Thai Green Curry pasteAdd coconut milk and other ingredientsAdd the vegetables to the Thai Green Curry and Simmer
  4. Simmer for 10-15 minutes until the vegetables are cooked Vegetables Cooked and the Thia Green Curry is ready
  5. Taste for seasoning and add more lime/sugar as required
Assemble
  1. Either serve the fish on top of the curry or spoon the curry on top of the fish
  2. Garnish with fresh coriander and red chillies. We served ours with Thai Jasmine Rice and Boiled Samphire Garnish with fresh coriander and red chillie
Recipe by MongolianKitchen.com at https://mongoliankitchen.com/thai-fish-curry/