The BEST Thai curry recipe you've probably never tried...Southern Thai Crab Curry 💯 Marion's Kitchen

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

yellow curry paste

🥗Healthier: homemade curry paste

💰Cheaper: red curry paste

Homemade curry paste can be healthier and red curry paste is often less expensive.

For the curry paste, soak the chillies in hot water for 15 minutes. Drain (reserve the soaking liquid) and place the chillies into the bowl of a food processor.

Add all the remaining curry paste ingredients except the turmeric. Blend until smooth (add 1-2 tablespoons of the chilli soaking liquid if necessary to get a smooth blend).

Transfer the paste to a bowl and stir through the turmeric.

Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add half the curry paste (keep the other half in the freezer to use another time).

Cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes to allow the aromatics to soften and mellow.

Then add the coconut milk, ½ cup water, fish sauce and palm sugar. Simmer for 2 minutes to allow the palm sugar to dissolve.

Stir through the crab meat and simmer for another 2-3 minutes.

Taste and adjust the seasoning with more fish sauce and/or palm sugar if needed.

Stir through the betel or basil leaves.

Serve alongside vermicelli noodles.

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