Thai Red Curry With Vegetables

This Thai red curry recipe is so easy to make at home! It's much tastier than takeout and healthier, too. Feel free to change up the vegetables (you'll need about 3 cups total) and skip the kale if you want a more traditional Thai curry. This recipe is vegetarian, vegan and gluten free for all to enjoy. Recipe yields 4 servings.

Servings

Total time

40 minutes

Cuisines

Thai

Courses

Appetiser

Ingredients

1¼ cups brown jasmine rice (or long-grain brown rice, rinsed)
1 tablespoon coconut oil (or olive oil)
1 white onion (small, chopped)
pinch salt (more to taste)
1 tablespoon fresh ginger (shredded, about a 1-inch nub of ginger)
2 cloves garlic (pressed or minced)
1 red bell pepper (sliced into thin 2-inch long strips)
1 yellow bell pepper (sliced into thin 2-inch long strips)
3 carrots (peeled and sliced on the diagonal into 1/4-inch thick rounds)
2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste
14 ounces coconut milk (can, regular)
½ cup water
1½ cups kale (packed, thinly sliced, tough ribs removed first ), preferably the tuscan / lacinato / dinosaur variety)
1½ teaspoons coconut sugar (or turbinado, raw, or brown sugar)
1 tablespoon Tamari (or soy sauce)
2 teaspoons rice vinegar (or fresh lime juice)
handful fresh basil (chopped, or cilantro, optional red pepper flakes, optional sriracha, or chili garlic sauce)

Method

To cook the rice, bring a large pot of water to boil. Add the rinsed rice and continue boiling for 30 minutes, reducing heat as necessary to prevent overflow. Remove from heat, drain the rice and return the rice to pot. Cover and let the rice rest for 10 minutes or longer, until you\'re ready to serve. Just before serving, season the rice to taste with salt and fluff it with a fork.
To make the curry, warm a large skillet with deep sides over medium heat. Once it’s hot, add the oil. Add the onion and a sprinkle of salt and cook, stirring often, until the onion has softened and is turning translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the ginger and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds, while stirring continuously.
Add the bell peppers and carrots. Cook until the bell peppers are fork-tender, 3 to 5 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Then add the curry paste and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes.
Add the coconut milk, water, kale and sugar, and stir to combine. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat as necessary to maintain a gentle simmer and cook until the peppers, carrots and kale have softened to your liking, about 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove the pot from the heat and season with tamari and rice vinegar. Add salt (I added 1/4 teaspoon for optimal flavor), to taste. If the curry needs a little more punch, add 1/2 teaspoon more tamari, or for more acidity, add 1/2 teaspoon more rice vinegar. Divide rice and curry into bowls and garnish with chopped cilantro and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes, if you\'d like. If you love spicy curries, serve with sriracha or chili garlic sauce on the side.