Mikala's Thai seafood hot pot
21 October 2011

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons peanut oil
  • 1-2 tablespoons Thai yellow curry paste
  • 400ml coconut cream
  • 2 cups (500ml) fish stock
  • 3 kaffir lime leaves cut finely
  • I eggplant cut into fingers
  • 100g green beans, trimmed
  • 750g white fish fillets or a mix of seafood
  • 5 teaspoons fish sauce
  • 1 red chilli
  • 3 table spoons of sweet soy
  • steamed rice, to serve

Instructions

Heat the oil in a large saucepan or wok over medium heat. Add the chilli and yellow curry paste and cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes.
 
Add the coconut cream, stock and lime leaf. Cover pan with a lid and simmer for 20 minutes.
 
Uncover, add the eggplant and beans and cook for 10 minutes.
 
Add the fish, fish sauce, sweet soy and cook for another 8 minutes.
 
Serve with steamed rice.