KAENG PHET DAENG KAI (HOT RED CHICKEN CURRY)

kaeng phet daeng kai (Hot Red Chicken Curry) image

Provided by sassee1

Categories Chicken

Time 25m

Yield 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup chicken (in smallish bite sized pieces)
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup Japanese eggplant (makhua puang - these are small round eggplants)
3 tablespoons red curry paste
2 tablespoons nam pla (fish sauce)
1 tablespoon sweet basil
1 tablespoon palm sugar
2 kaffir lime leaves (or a little lime zest)

Steps:

Cut the chicken up, then briefly fry the curry paste until fragrant, reduce the heat, add the coconut milk slowly, and continue to stir while cooking until a thin film of oil apppears on the surface.
Skim off the oil, and discard it.
Add the chicken and other ingredients except the eggplant.
Bring to a boil and cook until the chicken begins to change colour.
Adjust the flavors to suit yourself.
When it is at a boil again add the eggplant and continue till thechicken is cooked through.
Serve with steamed white Jasmine rice.