About Penang Curry In Restaurants On Phuket
In Bangtao and Phuket my personal favorite curry, besides ‘Green Curry, is Penang curry. They are famous because the curry is prepared using traditional spice & herbs such as cinnamon, curry leaves, turmeric powder, sweet cumin, cardamon powder, fenugreek powder to name a few. The main item is curry spices which is sold widely in Malaysia (there’s few brand which is really famous).
The history of Penang curry started when Indian Muslims from India migrated to Penang, Malaysia on the 18th century (British colonial period) why trading though out Asia, and while also helping the British build the roads, railways and infrastructure around Malaysia and Singapore.
Ingredients
1/2 cup of panang curry paste or 3 tbs of store bought
500g chicken breast, sliced
3tbs fish sauce
2tbs palm sugar
1tbs white sugar
Juice of two limes
1 can coconut milk
Sprinkle of white pepper
Rice, peanuts & kaffir lime to serve
Cooking Method
Heat half the coconut milk in a large pot and add the curry paste. You don’t need oil here as the natural oils from the peanuts will release.
Add the rest of the coconut milk and all other curry ingredients and cook slowly for 30-40 minutes on a low heat stirring every now and then.
Taste towards the end as you may find more lime, sugar and fish sauce is required. Serve with peanuts and kaffir lime.
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