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GREEN SHRIMP CURRY (THAI)

Ingredients:

• 2¼ cups coconut milk
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 3/4 kg. shrimp (cleaned and shelled)
• 3/4 cups sweet peas
• 3 green chili peppers
• 10 basil leaves 

For Curry Paste:

• 15 green chili peppers
• 3 pieces sliced kha
• 1 teaspoon each of chopped coriander root, caraway, citrus skin
• 2 tablespoons lemon grass, sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 7 cloves garlic
• 5 cloves red onion
• 1 teaspoon shrimp paste

Directions:

Pound all ingredients of curry paste until smooth.

Heat half a cup of coconut milk until the oil comes out.

Stir-fry the curry paste for a while.

Add fish sauce and sugar.

Add shrimp and fry.

Add the remaining coconut milk and let it boil.

Add sweet peas and green chili peppers and boil for a few minutes.

Add basil and remove from heat.

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