Easy Coconut Curry

I was feeling like coconut curry this evening. I have never attempted cooking Thai food before so I took to the inter webs to find a recipe. 90% of the recipes that I found were super complicated and had a million ingredients, but after searching high and low I found an easy little gem on Detoxinista.

I whipped up the recipe and it was SUPER bland. But with a few tweaks it was restaurant worthy. Here is what I came up with:


Ingredients:

1 cup rice, rinsed (You don't know where it's been.)
assorted vegetables, chopped


Curry Sauce:

1 teaspoon coconut oil
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons curry powder
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 bay leaf
3-4 fresh basil leaves
1 (13.5oz ) can light coconut milk
1 tablespoon tamari
1 teaspoon sambal



Directions:

Let's do this thing! Rise your dirty rice and prepare as directed on the package.

While the rice is cooking it's time to start chopping. Any veggies will do. Go wild!!! 

Now let's build our curry sauce. Sauté the garlic and onion in coconut oil for about 5 minutes or until browned. 

Add in the sweet nectar of the Gods, coconut milk.

Time to throw in the curry powder, turmeric, bay leaf, tamari and sambal. Bring to a boil, then let simmer for 5 minutes. Add your vegetables, cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are soft. 

Finally stir in the fresh basil and dish up! Add some siracha and you are ready to eat up. 

ENJOY!