Ingredients:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 onions, finely chopped
2 red peppers, seeded and sliced
2 x 400ml cans coconut milk
400ml vegetable stock
5 kaffir lime leaves
250g broccoli florets
150g sugar snaps
3 courgettes, sliced in circles
3 tablespoons coriander, chopped
8 tablespoons green curry paste
For the Salmon:
2 tablespoons sesame oil
900g salmon fillet, cut into large medallions
For the Thai Green Curry Paste:
6 long green chillies, sliced in half and deseeded
2 stems lemon grass, chopped
50g fresh coriander
2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
3 inch root ginger, peeled and finely chopped
2 shallots or 4 spring onions
3 kaffir lime leaves
1 teaspoon cumin
1 tablespoon mild curry powder
Juice and zest of 1 lime
150ml vegetable stock
Method:
For the curry paste, whiz all the paste ingredients together in the food processor.Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan. Saute’ the onions and red peppers for two minutes. Stir in the curry paste and cook for one minute. Add the coconut milk, stock and lime leaves. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the broccoli, courgettes and sugar snaps. Add the fresh coriander.In a separate frying pan, heat the sesame oil. Saute’ the salmon pieces. Cook for about 3 minutes until they are nicely brown. Turn over and cook for 1 minute and remove. Add the cooked salmon to the Thai curry.