Khmer Chicken Curry with Pumpkin & Snake Beans

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 35 minutes
  • Servings: 4-6 as a main course
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Khmer chicken curry with pumpkin & snake beans is a traditional Cambodian curry so does not contain chilli. Heat is added via the floral and fruity Kampot pepper. I’ve substituted white peppercorns as Kampot pepper can be difficult to buy. Another time, I’m going to substitute Australian native pepper, which I believe marries the fruitiness of Kampot pepper.

 

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons (40 ml) extra virgin olive oil
  • 750g chicken thighs fillets, sliced
  • 1 red onion, sliced
  • 400ml coconut milk
  • 1 tablespoon tamarind puree
  • 400g firm pumpkin, cut into 3cm pieces
  • 150g snake or green beans, sliced into 5cm
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce, or to taste
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • Handful basil leaves, to serve
  • Handful coriander leaves, to serve
  • ¼ cup roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
  • Steamed rice, to serve

 

Khmer paste

  • 4cm galangal, peeled
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 stalk lemongrass, trimmed and sliced
  • 1 eschallot, peeled
  • 5 kaffir lime leaves
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon white peppercorns
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon palm sugar

Instructions

  1. For Khmer paste, process all ingredients with ¼ cup (60 ml) water to a very smooth paste.
  2. Heat oil in a large, deep frying pan, add Khmer paste and cook for five minutes or until fragrant. Add chicken and onion and cook for five minutes or until the onion softens. Add coconut milk, tamarind and pumpkin and cook for 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and the pumpkin is nearly tender. Add beans and cook for a further five minutes. Remove from heat and add fish sauce and lime juice to taste.
  3. Top with torn basil and coriander leaves and roasted peanuts and serve with steamed rice.

Notes

Related Recipe: If you like this you might like to try Quick Fish Curry

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