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Kaeng nopphakao, an old Thai curry with nine ingredients

Kaeng nopphakao, an old Thai curry with nine ingredients

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An old-fashioned Thai curry without coconut milk: pork, shrimp, and three types of fish cooked in a broth of chili peppers, shallots, and garlic, with kid…

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Recipe from ร้อยตรี โชคดี, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This recipe comes from “Mae Krua Hua Pa,” one of the earliest Thai cookbooks, published in 1908. The ingredients are measured in baht and salueng, the traditional units of weight; the curry, which is clear and has a balance of sweet and sour flavors, is adjusted to taste at the end of cooking.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
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Directions

  1. Finely chop the dried chili peppers, shallots, and garlic, along with a pinch of salt, then mix this paste with water. ≈ 4 min
  2. Bring to a boil, then add the pork, shrimp, and fish (dried and grilled), without the vegetables, and let simmer.
  3. Once the broth returns to a boil, add the vegetables: long beans and watermelon rind (or cucumber).
  4. Add the shrimp paste mixed with a little water, tamarind juice, and palm sugar. ≈ 3 min
  5. Bring to a boil, taste, and adjust the seasoning to your liking. Optionally, garnish with asoka and mimosa flowers.

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Ingredients

  • 20 g of dried chili peppers
  • 20 g of shrimp paste (kapi)
  • 21 grams of shallots
  • 21 grams of garlic
  • 3 grams of dried small fish (pla bai mai)
  • 45 g of dried fish
  • 18 g of crispy, grilled fish (croaker)
  • 120 g of pork
  • 135 g of fresh shrimp
  • 80 g of haricot beans
  • 90 g of watermelon rind, or 160g of cucumber
  • 100 g of fish sauce
  • 15 g of thick tamarind juice
  • Combava juice
  • 17 to 60 grams of palm sugar
  • salt
  • water
  • Asoka flowers and water mimosa (optional)

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