Southern orange curry with chicken
1 hour
This is a delicious curry that is full of the spices showing the South Asia influences. You can substitute 4 tablespoons prepared orange curry paste if you do not want to go through the task of making it yourself.
1 person made this
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- For the curry paste
- 10 white peppercorns
- 7 dried orange chillies, reconstituted in water for 20 minutes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 slices galangal, peeled
- 1/2 stalk lemongrass, sliced thin
- 1 kaffir lime leaf, chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried turmeric
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 2 teaspoons fermented shrimp paste
- For the rest of the curry
- 1.25 to 1.5 ml (5-6 cups) coconut milk
- 300 g chicken, sliced
- 120 g bamboo shoots, pre-boiled if fresh
- 200 g potatoes, diced into 2 cm chunks
- 3 Thai brinjal, halved
- 5 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 capsicums, sliced
- 3-5 medium yellow chillies
- 3-4 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
Directions
Prep:30min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:1hr
- In a mortar, pound curry paste ingredients, one at a time until a smooth paste is formed.
- Put 1 cup of the coconut milk into a wok and cook until the fat separates. Add the curry paste and fry until fragrant. Add the chicken and cook for 2 minutes. Add the remainder of the coconut milk and bring to a simmer.
- Add the bamboo shoots, potatoes, eggplant and cook until the potatoes are tender. Add the tomatoes, capsicums and yellow chillies. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Season the curry with the fish sauce and taste. Adjust if needed.
- Serve in a large bowl and garnish with the sesame seeds. Serve with steamed jasmine rice.
