Most of the previous asian recipes that I tried making were not intentionally much different from the original or basic recipe. This ones breaks that trend 🙂

Of the dozen different types of noodles that I randomly ended up picking, one is Japanese soba noodles.

This week I experimented with making clams curry (Vongole) … based on that I tried making a prawn based Thai curry. Hence this recipe:

Ingredients:

• 3 cloves of Garlic, 1/2 cm of ginger
• 1 bunch of Spring onions, 1 egg, 5-6 mushrooms, 1 carrot, 1 tomato, 1 bunch of coriander
• 2 Red chillies, 1 star anis, 1 clove, 3 black pepper, 1 bay leaf, 3 schezwan red peppers, 1 small piece of cinnamon
• 1 spoon each of Thai fish sauce, sesame oil, sunflower oil, oyster sauce, soya sauce
• Salt to taste
• 100 gms of Small shrimp for the curry which would be blended, 100 gms of medium shrimp for the curry which won’t be blended
• 150ml of Coconut milk

Soba noodles with Thai prawn and coriander curry

Soba noodles with Thai prawn and coriander curry

Process:

• In a pan, heat some oil
• Add chopped onion (from the spring onion), garlic, ginger, red chillies, star anise, cloves, black pepper, bay leaf, schezwan red pepper, cinnamon
• Saute till the onion is soft
• Add chopped carrot, tomatoes and spring onion leaves and small shrimp
• Saute till the tomatoes are soft
• Add thai fish sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce, soya sauce
• Blend all of this with fresh coriander leaves and some coconut milk

• In a pot, heat some oil
• Add chopped garlic, carrots and mushrooms
• Add medium shrimps
• Add the blended mixture and some salt to taste
• Boil for 10-15 min
• Serve with cooked Soba noodles, boiled egg and coriander leaves

Voila!