Kanom Jeen - Thai Rice Noodles, Coconut Curry & Vegetables
Traditional Kanom Jeen Nam Ya - Creamy aromatic coconut curry sauce with rice noodles and seasonal vegetables, herbs and pickles
Equipment
- Saucepan - medium size
- Blender
- Spatula
- Chopping board
- Chefs knife
- Peeler
- Strainer
- Serving bowl
Ingredients
For the Kanom Jeen curry sauce
- 25 g Fingerroot sliced
- 50 g Baby onion peeled
- 130 g Oyster mushrooms small dice
- 75 g Tofu diced
- 30 g Red curry paste
- 450 ml Coconut milk
- 10 g Turmeric root grated
- 20 ml Soy sauce to taste
- 10 g Palm sugar to taste
- 1 tsp Pink salt to taste
For the mixed fresh vegetables and garnish
- 100 g Beansprouts
- 100 g White cabbage thinly slice
- 100 g Baby eggplant
- 50 g Bitter melon
- 50 g Pickled ginger
- 50 g Wing beans
- 50 g Long green beans
- 20 g Oakleaf salad
- 20 g Holy basil
For the noodles
- 600 g Kanom Jeen rice noodles or vermicelli noodles
Instructions
For the Kanom Jeen curry sauce
- Assemble all ingredients.
- Place peeled baby onions and fingerroot into the blender along with some water. Blend for 20 seconds.
- Next add the curry paste, tofu and mushrooms. Blend until you have a nice smooth creamy mix.
- Add this creamy mushroom tofu mix to the saucepan and cook out gently for 3-5 minutes until you start to smell the aromas from the spices.
- Add the coconut milk and stir to the boil.
- Add the grated turmeric, soy sauce, palm sugar and salt.
- Cook out gently for 6-8 minutes.
- Check and adjust the seasoning by adding either more salt, soy sauce or palm sugar.
For the mixed fresh vegetables and garnish
- Wash and drain all the vegetables, salad and herbs.
- Cut the green beans and wing beans into nice shapes and blanch in boiling water for 3 minutes - refresh in ice water to preserve the colour.
- Finely slice the cabbage.
- Arrange all the vegetables nicely on a sharing platter.
- Cook the rice noodles as per packet instructions, drain and place in a serving bowl.
- If using traditional Thai kanom jeen noodles, they are all ready to go, just place in the serving bowl.
To serve
- Pour some warm curry sauce on top of the noodles and garnish with all you favourite toppings.
- Celebrate and enjoy.
- As they say in Thailand ''Gin Cow''
Notes
Nutrition
Serving: 250gCalories: 702kcalCarbohydrates: 150gProtein: 13gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 1162mgPotassium: 623mgFiber: 7gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 1919IUVitamin C: 29mgCalcium: 150mgIron: 4mg
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