Green Thai Curry with Longan Fruits Recipe

A Green Thai Curry with Longan Fruits is not easy to find in restaurants in Thailand. We ate this mouthwatering, hot, spicy and sweet Thai Curry for the first time in Chiang Rai, North Thailand. The season for the juicy longan fruits is very short, just from mid of July until mid of August and if You´re travelling in North Thailand during the Longan season, don´t miss this outstanding, fruity, green curry with fresh longan fruits. Canned Longan fruits are available all around the year and are an acceptable replacement for the fresh ones.

The recipe for our Green Thai Curry with Longan Fruits has been created by our deceased friend, photographer and skilled Thai cook, Tee, who died at the very young age of just 30 years. His recipe is published by us in honour to him.

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Image: Green Thai Curry with Longan Fruits
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Recipe: Green Thai Curry with Longan fruits
Ingredients (2-3 servings):
3-4 tablespoons selfmade green curry paste or 1 small package green curry paste
500 ml coconutmilk
250 gr meat, chicken or pork in strips or cubes
1-2 kaffir lime leaves
3-4 Thai aubergines/Thai eggplants (Makeur), quartered
6-8 small Thai aubergines/Thai eggplants (Makeur puang)
salt to season
sugar or palmsugar to season
6-8 fresh or canned longan fruits (halfed or quatered)
1-2 stacks fresh sweet Thai basil “Horapa”
1 fresh red chili to garnish
optional 2-3 teaspoons of thick coconutcream

Preparation:
Heat up the coconutmilk in a pot, then add the green currypaste and let it simmer for about 5 minutes, stir well. Add kaffir lime leaves and the meat and let it simmer until done. Add theThai aubergines/Thai eggplants and let it cook a few more minutes. Season the green curry with salt and sugar or palmsugar and add the longan fruits, You don´t have to cook them, just warm them up. Add horapa leaves (sweet Thai basil) in the whole or roughly chopped on top of the Curry and decorate with the strips of a fresh red chilli.
If You like, add a few tablespoons thick coconutcream on top. Serve the green Thai curry with Longan fruits with steamed jasmin rice (fragrant rice from Thailand).

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