Indian Recipes: thai red curry recipe

Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

40 mins

hot and spicy vegetarian red thai curry. spicy, tasty and refreshingly
different.

veg thai red curry recipe with step by step photos – after the making the veg green thai curry, it was time to make the next thai curry.

after discovering all the thai curries on the internet… i chose to make this veg thai red curry. this also had to be pure vegetarian without any shrimp or fish sauce.

i decided to make this delicious curry when my sister had come to meet us. she liked it so much that she too decided to make it back at home. thai food is amazingly simple to make and yet aromatic, spicy and delicious. i have also posted thai yellow veg curry.

the method for making veg thai red curry is same as the veg thai green curry. just instead of green chillies, red chillies are added to the curry. it is hot, spicy and is a great combination withthai lemon grass rice or even with steamed fragrant rice, like jasmine or basmati rice.i have divided the step by step pictorial into two parts. first one is making the thai red curry paste and second one is making the thai red curry. i have updated the final pic of the dish, with new pics, but kept old pics for the step by step post.

P.S. the thai curry photos were originally shot with point and shoot camera. now since i have moved to a better camera, i am updating few posts with new photographs. in this post, the first and last photos are shot with the better camera when i made the thai red curry recently.

Author: Mridul dua

Recipe type: main

Cuisine: thai

Serves: 4

Ingredients (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)

for the thai red curry paste:

2 thai chillies or bird's eye chilies
2 dry red chillies
½ inch galangal
4-5 small garlic cloves or 2 to 3 medium garlic cloves
2 shallots
2-3 medium kaffir lime leaves
2 lemon grass stalks
2 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp soya sauce or as required
½ tsp lemon zest
2 tbsp coconut milk

for the thai red curry:

3 cups of chopped and steamed or lightly boiled mix vegetables (keep the stock for adding to the curry later)
2 to 3 shallots or 1 to 2 spring onions, chopped (optional)
1 cup thick coconut milk
1.5 to 2 tbsp sesame oil or coconut oil
1.5 to 2 cups vegetable stock or water
1 tbsp chopped thai basil leaves
salt as required

1 – method to make the veg thai red curry paste:

take all the all the ingredients for the paste. n the picture below you cannot see the garlic, shallots and lemon zest. i have added the shallots and lemon zest directly to the paste while grinding and the garlic later.

put the thai herbs and spices in a grinder and make a semi fine or fine paste, adding 2 tbsp coconut milk and 1 tsp soy sauce.

adding spices in grinder for thai red curry

you see i forgot to add the shallots in the beginning, so added them now.

the thai red curry paste in the picture below.

2 – to make the veg thai red curry:

steam or cook the vegetables till they are almost cooked. then strain the vegetable stock from the vegetables. keep both the stock and the steamed or lightly boiled vegetables ready.

chopped boiled vegetables for thai red curry

In a pan, heat the sesame oil or coconut oil. add the chopped shallots or spring onions and saute for 2-3 minutes. now add thai red curry paste.

fry this mixture for a couple of minutes. since i forgot to add garlic to the red curry paste. i add crushed garlic now while sauting the shallots and red curry paste mixture.