Green Bean Coconut Curry with Noodles
Living in Asia has definitely taught us to make our own curry paste!!! Easy to make and the ingredients are quite cheap over here. Lemongrass even grows in our own garden. Ohh btw if you couldn't find curry paste or the curry paste ingredients, use curry powder instead.
Servings: 4
Calories: 314kcal
Ingredients
For the curry paste
- 1 tsp fresh grated turmeric root or turmeric powder (if using powder use 1/3 tsp)
- 1 tbsp fresh grated ginger
- 1 tbsp fresh lemongrass
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 clove garlic
- 1 Thai chili pepper (or chili paste)
- black pepper to taste
- sea salt to taste
For the green bean coconut curry
- 1 package Thai-style rice noodles (depending on package size)
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 2 cups butternut/pumpkin cubed
- 3 cups fresh green beans chopped in bite-size pieces
- 2 cups carrot chopped
- 2 cups tomato chopped
- 1 can unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 cup water or vegetable stock
- 1 tbsp garam masala/curry powder
- 1.5 tsp ground cumin
Instructions
- Blend all curry paste ingredients in a blender until smooth. You could use pestle and mortar as well. Set aside.
- In a large skillet or pot, heat coconut oil/butter (ghee) over medium-high heat. Fry garam masala, cumin, and curry powder (if not using paste) for 30 seconds while stirring.
- Add onions and cook for 2 minutes. After 2 minutes, add curry paste and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and add coconut milk, water, and veggies.
- Give it a good stir, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Or until the veggies are ready. Last 10 minutes, remove the lid so the liquid can evaporate and form a sauce-like consistency.
- season with sea salt and black pepper to taste.
- While curry is simmering, cook noodles according to the instruction on the package.
Notes
- Double and freezer-friendly recipe! Freeze without the noodles though and cook them fresh before serving!
- Unlike store-bought curry paste, which is very concentrated, you can use all or half of the paste to taste. We like a lot of flavors so we added everything.
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