Best Ever Thai Curry in the Thermomix

Looking for something quick for dinner?! This is it! We love this dish and have made it multiple times already. I'm not even that big of a Thai food lover but I think this recipe here has sold me on the cuisine! I have altered the recipe from the Everyday Cookbook for Thermomix to suit a vegetarian diet and add more veggies! I suggest serving with rice, which I have now perfected in the Thermomix!

Made with Green Curry Paste 

Ingredients:

50g Thai red or green curry paste

400g coconut milk

225g bamboo shoot slices

1/2 lime, zest only

Red or green chili to taste

100g frozen peas

100g broccoli cut into florets

100g bok choy roughly chopped
85g red capsicum/pepper sliced and halved

20g basil leaves only

**1-2 chicken breasts diced or beef strips (should there be a meat eater too!)

Method:

Place paste and 60g of coconut milk in TM bowl. Cook 2 minutes, Varoma, speed 1.

Add remaining coconut milk, bamboo shoots, lime zest and chili. Cook 4 minutes, 100°, REVERSE, soft speed. **Place chicken in Varoma, lined with parchment paper, ONLY IF NOT SERVING WITH RICE, otherwise cook the meat at the same time as the rice (see below).

Add peas, broccoli, bok choy and red capsicum/pepper. Cook 5 minutes, Varoma, REVERSE, speed 1.

Add basil. Cook 1 minute, Varoma, REVERSE, speed 1.

If serving with rice, place curry in Thermoserver. Set aside. Click here to view my post on making the perfect rice to pair with the curry. This is when you will cook the meat if you have a meat eater as well! Place diced chicken or beef strips in the Varoma, lined with dampened parchment paper, on top of the TM bowl for the entire duration of cooking the rice.

Beef strips cooked in the Varoma while the rice cooked!

Absolute Best Salsa in the Thermomix!

I have a love/hate relationship with salsa. Sometimes it's too sweet, too chunky, too spicy etc. And why is such a simple food rarely homemade and mostly purchased pre made, full of preservatives and additives?! Well, no longer will I be searching for the perfect salsa! I have an amazing recipe that is quick, simple and very tasty all made fresh in the Thermomix in a matter of minutes!

Made with red pepper/capsicum

Made with green pepper/capsicum

Ingredients:

1 small clove garlic

4 green/spring onions quartered
20g olive oil

300g fresh tomatoes
80g green or red pepper/capsicum
Red or green chili pepper to taste (I usually put in 1/3 including seeds)
25g fresh parsley
1 tsp white wine vinegar
Half a small lemon, juice only
3/4 tsp salt
Pepper to taste

Method:

Add garlic and onion to TM bowl. Chop 3 seconds, speed 7.

Add oil. Saute 2 minutes, 100°, speed 2. 

Add remaining ingredients. Lock the TM bowl. Pulse 2-4 times on TURBO. (to preferred consistency)

Scrape down TM bowl. Cook 10 minutes, VAROMA, speed 1, MC removed, simmering basket on top.

Enjoy!

Happy Thermomixing :)