30 g vegetables Kroeung (curry paste)
3 tbsp fish sauce 5 pcs dried chillies, soaked
3 tbsp kaffir lime leaves 3 cloves cloves garlic
3 pcs chili peppers 1 tsp stalks of lemongrass, trimmed to the tender middle bit
500 g fish 2 tbsp slice of galangal
1/4 cups coconut cream 1/4 pcs kaffir lime leaf
2 cups coconut milk 1 tsp salt
1 pc egg 4 tbsp peanuts
METHODS OF PREPARATION
Kroeung:
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend to a thick paste .Alternatively (and more traditionally) this could be created with a mortar and pestle.
Further procedures:
1. Stir the kroeung in to 1 cup of coconut milk, when it has dissolved put the egg, fish sauce and sliced fish.
2. Then add the remaining coconut milk and mix well.
3. Make the banana leave cups, then put in the vegetables first and top with the fish mixture.
4. Steam for 15-20 minutes, then put the coconut cream on top and the chiffonade kaffir lime leaves and cayenne peppers.
5. Steam further until the mixture is solid, but still moist