There are some things that life offers you with utmost love and food is one among them :) Cant thank the Goddess of Food for, she bestows with every morsel with love to mortals like us ( Ahh enough of my heightened state of spirituality :P ). I stumbled upon Pure Thai Indulgence! and since then my tryst with Thai food is inseparable! A Thai restaurant called 'Lime Leaf' left me spellbound here in Jax. The zesty concoction of herbs and spices only made me drool over the plate just as it arrived my table :) the aroma of every little ingredient that was added to it was as divine as it could ever get :) and when I was able to accomplish the same at my kitchen, what do I say? :) I was wallowing in ecstasy! :)
Ingredients
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Basmati rice, cooked 2 cups Red, yellow, green & orange pepper, julienned ½ each Onion, finely sliced 1 big Carrot, julienned 1 Fresh basil leaves A small bunch Jalapeno pepper or green chilli 2 Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp Baby corn tin (boil if using fresh) 10 to 12 slices Green peas, frozen and thawed ½ cup Soy Sauce ¼ tsp Red & green Chilli sauce 1 tbsp Sriracha Sambal Oelek paste ( See note) 1 tbsp Oil 3 tbsp Spring onions 1 bunch Salt As needed
Directions
1. Heat oil in a wok pan, add onions saute till transparent. Add jalapeno peppers and ginger garlic paste, saute for another minute.
2. Add the red, yellow and green and orange pepper, carrot and saute until they become tender.
3. Now stir in soy sauce and then add Sambal oelek paste, red and green chilli sauce, basil leaves and toss until the flavours blend in together.
4. Add the cooked rice, salt, baby corn and thawed green peas, spring onions and mix well.
5. Garnish it with some spring onions and enjoy it hot with your favourite starter.
Note
- If you don't have sambal oelek paste at home or don't get it in your part of town, you can soak 8-10 dry red chillis in warm water and grind it to a paste using a bit of vinegar(optional)
A picture of sambal oelek and other sauces that is used for this recipe. - I used a tinned baby corn, you would have to boil the baby corn if you get them fresh.
- Basil is usually available everywhere, but in case you don't you could substitute it with tulsi leaves or a few pudina leaves.
