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    • Heather Green > MaryMcP June 28, 2014 at 10:37pm

      Hi Mary!

      You got it! Lee Lee's has the stuff. The galanga is really hard, sometimes I cheat and use ginger- the flavor is different, but I still think it's very good.

      I usually leave the shrimp paste out ans salt to taste after fish sauce. For this curry paste, I use a food processor, blend it like a paste. I like to make a curry sauce with it to serve over rice, though you could do it over noodles I suppose. 

      Check out this link- I have made many green curry pastes, but I liked hers the best and this is her recipe for the green curry. I don't make it with meat, but the tip on letting the coconut milk separate made such an amazing difference in the flavor- smart move!!!

      http://highheelgourmet.com/2013/04/12/authentic-thai-green-curry/

    • Heather Green > Heather Green June 28, 2014 at 10:47pm

      Also Mary, 

      Here is a recipe that I really like making when I have tons of thai basil growing... (thai basil is cheap at Lee Lees though)

      Thai Basil Shrimp- you can make with chicken if you like- sometimes I make it with fried tofu, but I like shrimp the best.

      1 pound large tiger shrimp (peel them)

      4 cloves of minced garlic

      1 stalk of lemongrass sliced fine and chopped fine- minced if possible

      1 inch piece of peeled and minced ginger

      2 tablespoon of fish sauce or to taste

      3 Thai chilies or serrano

      2 tblsp of soy sauce

      1 tablespn of water

      1 1/2 teaspoon of sugar

      1 medium onion chopped or sliced

      1 cup of thai basil chopped

      2 tblspoon of vegetable or olive oil

      2 servings of vermicelli rice noodles

      In a bowl, mix the soy, water fishsauce, lemon grass and sugar- marinate the shrimp at least 10 minutes

      Put water on the stove to boil, once boiling drop in the noodles and remove from heat. Let sit about 8 minutes and strain to stop cooking and set aside

      heat oil in a wok

      add onion and stirfry for 2 minutes

      add ginger, garlic and peppers- cook about 30 seconds

      using slotted spoon remove shrimp from marinade and stirfry in wok for about 3 minutes (not completely cooked)

      add noodles, marinade and stir fry til noodles and shrimp are full cooked.

      Remove from heat and stir in Thai basil

      Yum!

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