29 January 2010

類泰式綠咖哩 Thai(ish) Green Curry




是的這可以說是偷吃步;在正統泰國人的眼中這可能會被唾棄,哼,還用什麼 Thai Curry Paste,那是英國人創造的東西(是嗎?)!!!我們(正統的)都馬是從研磨香料開始做起的!(說完鼻子還噴氣!)其實我是可以了解那種感覺,就像是在超市看到什麼“麻婆豆腐醬包“我就會有點唾棄...拜託,也不過就那麼一點材料幹嘛還弄個偷懶包?!然後自己還是會去買包回家試試看,煮完之後還很挑剃的說這麻婆豆腐味道根本不對!可是吼,老實說...這個 Curry Paste 還不錯吃啦~(一點志氣都沒有還雙重標準的我...

前幾天和幾個朋友一起逛超市,分享一下在這邊平時會吃會買的食材,逛啊逛的逛到東方食品區~忍不住就拿起這罐 Tesco Green Thai Curry Paste (一副嘗試了很多,假裝很經驗老道的)說 “我煮泰式咖哩都是用 Tesco 的!!! Sainsbury's 就是味道差了點!!!!"


圖由

事實也如此。其他家的品牌也不是不好,只是我偏好這一味~大家個人口味不同,就自己試試看囉~~

這道類泰式咖哩可以作成海鮮的,就大約拿三-四人份左右的海鮮,以下拿了兩個例子(材料 A and B),請自行發揮想像力安捏;也可以換成雞肉(材料 C),煮的方法步驟大同小異,也不過就是海鮮易熟晚點放,雞肉先炒過比較好吃就先炒而已~~

  1. 400ml coconut milk
  2. 2tbsp thai green curry paste
  3. 1tbsp Stock powder
  4. 3tbsp fish sauce
  5. 2tbsp palm sugar, or caster sugar
  6. 3 stalks of lemon grass, each cut into three and cut into strips
  7. 3 thai lime leaves, destalked and cut into strips
  8. 1/2 tsp turmeric
  9. 600g-1kg butternut squash (or pumpkin), peeled and cut into large chunk 東南瓜或是南瓜皆可
  10. 1 handful of pak choi, or any other green veg of your choice.
  11. 1/2 lime, juice only

A.
400g salmon fillet, skinned and cut into large chunks
200g raw prawns

B.
150-250g white fish fillet, skinned and cut into large chunks
6-10 raw prawns
6-12 small squids, cut
6-12 mussels

C.
500-700g chicken, cut into cubes


For Seafood curry:
  • Get a large stock pot, medium heat, add 1-9 in, cook until the butternut squash is soften.
  • Add either A (or B), mix well, add 10. when veg and seafood is cooked add lime juice. Serve with rice.

For Chicken
  • Get a large stock pot, medium heat, a bit of oil add chicken pieces, stir til golden brown. Add 1-9, until squash is soften.
  • Add 10, mix well. When veg is cooked add lime juice. Serve with rice.
海鮮咖哩
  • 拿一個大深鍋,中火,加入1-9。攪拌均勻煮到東南瓜熟。
  • 加入海鮮料(A或B),攪拌均勻,加入10,煮到海鮮和菜熟就可以配飯吃~

雞咖哩
  • 拿一個大深鍋,中火,一點油先炒雞肉塊,翻炒到金黃,加入1-9。攪拌均勻煮到東南瓜熟。
  • 加入10,煮到10熟就可以配飯吃~


步驟有沒有超簡單!!!! 當然這是偷吃步,簡易版,懶人版;講究一點的,會先把椰奶上頭凝結的奶膏刮起放一邊,倒椰奶入鍋,再和 curry paste 攪拌均勻,等到微微冒泡之後再加入椰奶膏;不加高湯粉,下魚露和椰糖,等到椰糖都融化了在加入切成段成細條的檸檬草和萊姆葉...等等等等...

如果還想要再偷懶一點,也是可以啦(大笑,人永遠都可以比懶還要更懶!)~就省略材料4-7,安捏出來的當然沒有這麼香,不過也可以吃~~


p.s. 頂上這張照片歷史悠久,當時主要在凸顯東南瓜-butternut squash到底長什麼樣子,所以沒什麼肉在那個角度裡頭...

12 January 2010

Spicy Bean and Chorizo Casserole




今年的冬天很冷,被寒風吹的連神經都失去知覺了(再說一次,真的很冷!)。如果說這冬天不在身上多儲存一點油會冷死,那十八這個幾乎沒有體脂肪的不知道要怎麼才能活下去!說起來很生氣,什麼叫做體脂肪很少?每天都是拿32公分的大餐盤子,滿滿的裝著一堆肉一堆馬鈴薯一堆青菜給他當晚餐,晚餐後不是金莎巧克力,雙重巧克力餅乾,巧克力堅果餅乾,就是椰子奶酥餅,巧克力蛋糕,巧克力布朗尼,全部都是可愛的熱量~全都裝進十八的肚子裡~有時候睡前還來一杯熱巧克力!這些熱量都跑去那兒啦?!!!

對啦我是油用的能少就少,鹽糖也用的少,不過我也有做蛋糕餅乾等等都是奶油的東西啊!!!餅乾零食玉米薯片也沒少給他,怎麼就是喂不胖?我要求的也不多,就是能夠順利的渡過這個冬天,不要很可憐的穿多少衣服都冷的受不了就好了!(跪地求天!)

回到正題。我喜歡 Chorizo。但是這世界上有很多不同的 Chorizo。不過感激有維基這種好東西讓我都不需要解釋~~

Chorizo can be a fresh sausage, in which case it must be cooked, but in Europe it is more frequently a fermented cured smoked sausage, in which case it is usually sliced and eaten without cooking. Spanish chorizo and Portuguese chouriço get their distinctive smokiness and deep red color from dried smoked red peppers (pimentón/pimentão or colorau). Mexican chorizo usually has the consistency of ground beef, though drier, due to the high chili powder content.

降知道了吧~雖然在超商比較常見的是西班牙 Chorizo 那種的,不過生的也有,在 Notting Hill 有家專烤香腸店叫做 Banger Bro(225 Portobello Road, London w11 1lu),對,就是豬礪雅薄資和修隔藍玩親親潑柳橙汁的那個諾丁憾!吼,她們的烤 Chorizo 真的是好吃的要命啊~~~如果有倫敦必吃小吃,那這個一定名列前三!來倫敦不吃這真的很可惜!!

又回歸正題。老是這樣岔題也挺累的,好像什麼牽著一條線乒乓球,跳來又拉回來,跳開又回來安捏...這樣子這篇要寫到民國幾年啊...?

  1. 300g Spanish Chorizo sausages, skinned and chopped into small cubes
  2. 1 onion, peeled and chopped
  3. 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  4. 1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into strips
  5. 1 tsp paprika
  6. 1 tsp red wine vinegar
  7. 400g can of chopped tomatoes
  8. 4 sun-dried tomatoes, drained and chopped
  9. 1 tbsp each tomato puree, treacle, dark muscovado sugar
  10. 1 bay leaf
  11. salt and pepper
  12. 400g can of pinto beans, or flageolet beans
  13. 2 tbsp flat-leafed parsley

  • Heat a 2.5 litre casserole for 2-3 min, add the chorizo sausages and cook until lightly browned. Add 2-4 fry until softened. Add 5 and 6, stir well and cook for 30 seconds.
  • Add 7-11, bring to boil, cover the casserole dish, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 min.
  • Add the beans, cover and cook for 10 min, done! Sprinkle the parsley and serve.

  • 拿個大鍋加熱2-3分鐘,把chorizo香腸塊丟下去炒到有點黃,加2-4炒軟,加5-6攪拌均勻後炒三十秒。
  • 加7-11,煮滾,蓋蓋子,轉小火煮20分鐘
  • 加豆子,再悶煮10分鐘,撒上香菜屑上桌吃掉!(好我知道Parsley不是香菜,不過隨便加洋香菜或是香菜,都會好吃,阿不加也可以,隨便喔~)

這樣有清楚嗎?其實只是大煙妹想要煮這道然後叫我把食譜給她而已...沒辦法,最近 Chorizo 在特價,多買了幾條存起來,做什麼加點都好吃,切片配麵包也好吃,丟在披薩上面也是好吃,有點煙燻的香氣,西班牙人真是聰明,怎麼可以這麼厲害做出這麼好吃的燻香腸啊~~~

P.S. 那個紅椒是十八切的,雖然叫她切絲她切成塊,不過有幫忙切我就要感動的流眼淚了~(因為她煮飯的時候我都很病踱都窩在沙發上!)