Jungle Curry

Jungle curry is a thai curry that isn't coconut milk based as it is from northern Thailand. The general jist is to populate the pot by browsing your garden/market for whatever greens look good. I used a lot of arugula, some lettuce/beet greens/parsley, and a bunch of thai basil from Indo-China. Used ground buffalo for the protein, I think sliced meat would have been better, but I like buffalo, and ground is the only easy way to get it. This was really really tasty.

Jungle Curry recipe:

loosely from 'True Thai' by Victor Sodsook

Coconut 'oil' (it's solid at room temperature)

Canola oil

~2T Red curry paste

20 oz. ground buffalo

5 Kaffir lime leaves

Greens, ~2 bunches

Thai basil, 1 bunch

Bamboo shoots

2T coconut palm sugar

7T thai fish sauce

1 c chicken stock

Saute the curry paste in oil for a few minutes.

Add buffalo. 

Add sliced lime leaves, chopped basil stems.

Cook that for 5 min. or so.

Add chopped greens, bamboo, sugar, stock, cook for 5 min. or so.

Fish sauce and basil at the end.

Serve on brown + white rice.

Serves 4