Intense Mixed Vegetable Sour Curry with Crispy Fried Fish
Thai · Organized from the video by กินได้อร่อยด้วย
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Ingredients
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Steps
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- 1
Cut the radish, Chinese cabbage, Chinese mustard greens, and cauliflower into desired sizes.
💡 You can choose and change the vegetables according to your preference.
- 2
Boil the tilapia in 2,500 ml of water until thoroughly cooked. Remove the head and tail to set aside, and keep the meat.
💡 The head and tail can be boiled first to soften them.
🔥 boil
- 3
Separate the cooked fish meat from the bones. Use half of the meat to pound together with the 200 g of sour curry paste in a mortar and pestle until finely ground. Save the remaining meat for frying.
💡 The more fish meat you add, the thicker and richer the sour curry will be.
- 4
Heat oil in a pan until very hot. Sprinkle a little salt on the remaining fish meat and pat it dry. Fry the fish until golden brown and crispy, then drain the excess oil.
💡 Pat the fish dry before frying so the oil doesn't splatter.
- 5
Add the fish-paste mixture to the boiling water used for the fish. Skim off any excess foam from the surface.
💡 Rinse the mortar with water to ensure no paste is wasted; it's a secret to a better flavor.
- 6
Season the broth with 5 tbsp fish sauce, 8 tbsp tamarind paste, 3 tbsp sugar, and 2/3 tbsp lime juice. Adjust saltiness to your liking first, then balance with sourness and sweetness.
💡 Get the saltiness to your liking first before adding sourness and sweetness to ensure a well-balanced flavor.
- 7
Add the radish, Chinese cabbage, Chinese mustard greens, and cauliflower to the pot. Bring to a boil over high heat.
💡 Harder vegetables like radish can be boiled first to soften them.
🔥 boil → high heat
- 8
Once the vegetables are nearly cooked, add the 500 g of fresh shrimp. Let it simmer briefly until the shrimp is cooked, then turn off the heat.
💡 Shrimp cooks very quickly, so add it last.
🔥 simmer
- 9
Serve the curry in a bowl and top with the crispy fried fish. For an extra zing, squeeze fresh lime juice over the top.
💡 Keep the fried fish in a separate bowl if you want to ensure they stay crispy.
Tips
- The more fish meat you add to the paste, the thicker and richer the curry will be.
- Rinse the mortar with water to ensure all the flavorful paste is incorporated into the broth.
- Get the saltiness right before adding sourness and sweetness to achieve a balanced flavor.
- For a more intense flavor, squeeze fresh lime juice into the bowl just before eating.
This recipe was organized from the source video's transcript. Amounts follow what the video presents. Source: กินได้อร่อยด้วย on YouTube