Thai Green Curry, Round 1

In our first attempt and green curry, we looked at a lot of different recipes on the internet and determined that we might as well work with the ingredients we have and the ones that were available. Since we couldn't find kaffir lime and we had tiny stalks of lemongrass, ours lacked those essential Thai flavors but we tried to make up for it by using some Thai egg plant.


The curry ended up great, but it definitely lacked the strong flavors we were looking for. Next time we make green curry, we're going to use way more green curry paste, more lemongrass, and hopefully find some kaffir lime leaves.

First Attempt At Cooking Thai Food

For most of 2005 and 2007, I lived in Thailand. Each year I lived with a family and learned to enjoy some classic Thai dishes. Since coming back to the US, there have rarely been opportunities to enjoy some of my most favorite traditional Thai dishes. This is not because of a lack of Thai restaurants, just a lack of traditional or even street food style of Thai cooking.


And then I found this blog. She Simmers. She writes about several of the best Thai dishes around: som tam, jaew Sauce, street fried chicken, and even Thai fried beef.


Despite needing to go out to the legendary H-Mart to get all of the necessary ingredients, I got aggressive with my Thai cooking and decided to try all of the above recipes.