Ingredients

  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin or whole seeds, crushed
  • 1 heaped teaspoon ground coriander or whole seeds, crushed
  • 2-3 whole fresh green chillies, to taste
  • 3 large thumb-sized pieces of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
  • 3 fresh lemongrass stalks, trimmed back and chopped
  • 4 cloves of garlic, peeled
  • 4 handfuls of fresh coriander (cilantro), with stalks
  • 6 mild onions, washed and trimmed
  • Zest of 1 lime and juice of 2 limes
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, to loosen
  • 7 ounces slender green beans, trimmed
  • 7 ounces baby corn
  • 1 x 14 ounce can of coconut milk
  • 2-3 tablespoons light or dark soy sauce
  • 3/4 pound cooked, peeled tiger or jumbo shrimp or cooked, peeled shrimp, chilled or frozen

Method

  • Throw the first 10 ingredients into a food processor and whizz up to a fine paste.
  • Pour a little oil into a hot wok or casserole-type pan, add the green beans and baby corn and stir fry for 30 seconds.
  • Add the curry paste and coconut milk, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Season with soy sauce, add the shrimp and cook for 1 minute (if using frozen shrimp, add them 2 minutes before the end of cooking time).
  • Serve immediately with some light, fluffy rice.