Chicken in Thai Green Curry

Instructions

• Pour the thick coconut milk in the vessel and let it boil
• Keep stirring it
• Add green curry paste
• Mix it well so that the 2 ingredients combine
• Add chicken
• When the chicken turns brown add 1/2 bringal
• Add 3-4 pea egg plant
• Add thin coconut milk
• TIP: the bringal (egg plant) is added to neutralize the spices
• Add palm sugar
• TIP: one can add jaggery instead of the palm sugar
• Add kaffir lime leaves
• Add nampla
• Add bird chillies
• Add 2-3 chopped basil leaves
• Garnish with coconut milk, basil leaves and chillies
• Serve with Jasmine rice or steam rice
• TIP: for vegetarian thai curry one can use soya sauce instead of nampla (fish sauce)
• TIP: one can dilute the thick coconut milk for the thinner version