Panang Curry

About the Curry:

• Panang Curry is one of the most popular Thai curry dish.
• It is a thicker curry sauce (therefore; should not be runny.
• It is really easy to make. 
• The traditional thai way we don't actually add vegetable to it, just Thai herbes and spices.

  

  Chicken Panang

Ingredients:

• Panang Curry paste (1-2 tbsp)
• meat (chicken, pork, beef or seafood about 200gr)
• ground cumin and coriander (optional)
• crush peanuts (1-2tbsp)
• 5-10 lime leaves and thai basil (optional)
• carrot, red, green peppers (optional)
• fish sauce (1tbsp)
• sugar (1/2tbsp)
• coconut milk (1 can)

Let's get started:

Step 1:  At medium to high heat, put the thickest part of the coconut milk in the frying pan, add the panang curry paste.  Blend the curry paste with the coconut milk, let it boil till the sauce is thicken.

Step 2:  Add your choice of meat, fish sauce and mixed it together until the meat is cook.

Step 3:  Add all the remaining ingredients: the vegetable, lime leave , basil, peanuts, cumin and coriander and a prinkle of sugar.  Let the sauce come to a boil so the remaining ingredients are well blended together, give it a taste and it is ready to served.

Step 4:  Served with steam rice or steam vermicelli noodle

*note the curry sauce should be thick and not runny.  If the curry sauce is too dried while cooking it add more coconut milk.  All the herbes and spices, you should only add a few sprinkle to the dish.  It is use for the aroma, garnish and to enhance the taste.  If you used too much of it the dish won't taste good.  Remember less is more*

To learn how to make other delicious Thai dishes please visit:
http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry