This Thai fish curry is simplicity itself. Made with yellow curry paste as it is here, it is more typical of the fish curries of Southern Thailand and Malaysia owing to the light Indian spicing of the yellow curry paste. This could also be cooked in the same manner using red or green curry paste. Many Thai fish curries are not always compatible with Western tastes, often being cooked with fish heads and too sour for the Western palate. However, this is not the case with this version which is both easy to cook and makes for very easy eating too! This can also be cooked with a wide variety of fish, in this example I’m using Red Bream simply because I saw it at the fishmonger’s and wanted to give it a try, turned out to be delicious I’m pleased to say. This will work well with any firm white fish such as cod or hake and my preference is to cook it in the form of fish steaks rather than fish fillets as they hold together better.
As always, the choice of coconut milk in a Thai curry plays a very big part in how your dish ends up so do check out this page on Cooking with Coconut Milk
Ingredients. 1 pouch of My Thai Curry Yellow Curry Paste 500 to 700 g of firm white fish 1 can of coconut milk A few chillies, mild to medium heat A few shallots and some sprigs of coriander. 1 or 2 Limes
Add some oil to a pan, bring to a medium heat and add some halved shallots and sauté for a few minutes and then add the chillies sliced lengthwise but kept intact as in the picture. Cook for a few minutes more. Cut the tomatoes as shown in the picture below, this allows their sweetness to come out, and add to the mixture and cook for a few minutes before adding some sliced or chopped coriander and cooking for a minute or so more.
Add the Yellow Curry paste and then the coconut milk, use the thicker part of the coconut milk from the top of the can at first and cook through for a few minutes then adding the remainder of the coconut milk to the desired thickness. Cook the sauce gently for around 10 to 15 minutes to allow the flavours from the vegetables to enter the curry sauce.
Place your fish chunks into the sauce and cook gently until done, this would depend on the thickness of the fish but around 10 minutes should be sufficient in most cases.Your choice of fish can also add sweetness to the dish so you can adjust the flavour of the curry with some fresh lime juice at the end of cooking and also serve with lime wedges at the table if you wish.
Serve and garnish with some coriander and sliced chili or as you prefer. I served this with Thai red rice which is available in Sainsbury's in the UK. Enjoy:-)
If you like this recipe please click the star rating or add a comment below! Kop Khun Kha, Nitsa.x
This Thai fish curry is simplicity itself. Made with yellow curry paste as it is here, it is more typical of the fish curries of Southern Thailand and Malaysia owing to the light Indian spicing of the yellow curry paste. This could also be cooked in the same manner using red or green curry paste. It will work well with any firm white fish such as cod or hake and my preference is to cook it in the form of fish steaks rather than fish fillets as they hold together better.
Add some oil to a pan, bring to a medium heat and add some halved shallots and sauté for a few minutes and then add the chillies sliced lengthwise but kept intact as in the picture. Cook for a few minutes more.
Cut the tomatoes as shown in the images, this allows their sweetness to come out, and add to the mixture and cook for a few minutes before adding some sliced or chopped coriander and cooking for a minute or so more.
Add the Yellow Curry paste and then the coconut milk, use the thicker part of the coconut milk from the top of the can at first and cook through for a few minutes then adding the remainder of the coconut milk to the desired thickness. Cook the sauce gently for around 10 to 15 minutes to allow the flavours from the vegetables to enter the curry sauce.
Place your fish chunks into the sauce and cook gently until done, this would depend on the thickness of the fish but around 10 minutes should be sufficient in most cases. Your choice of fish can also add sweetness to the dish so you can adjust the flavour of the curry with some fresh lime juice at the end of cooking and also serve with lime wedges at the table if you wish.
Serve and garnish with some coriander and sliced chili in the images above or as you prefer. I served this with Thai red rice which is available in Sainsbury’s in the UK.
Recipe Note
Nutrition details do not include rice.
As always, the choice of coconut milk in a Thai curry plays a very big part in how your dish ends up so do check out this page on Cooking with Coconut Milk.
In the images above I’m cooking Red Bream simply because I saw it at the fishmonger’s and wanted to give it a try. Monkfish would be superb if pricy, fish to use as well.
I also serve this with some Thai fish sauce on the side.
Hi Mary, Glad you’re enjoying your pastes:-) I would say 2 to 3 portions depending on serving size. Hope that helps. Kind regards, Nitsa
Mary
March 04, 2020
Amazing! My only question is that 1 pouch of curry paste is supposed to be for how many servings? Thanks. Will be definately reordering.
Andy Roker
February 18, 2020
Delicious…, used cubes of a firm white fish added a few green beans and some left over petit pois that were in the fridge. Fresh lime juice adds the extra magic (would have added a few drops of fish sauce too but my wife accidentally threw my bottle of it away). Yum…love these sauces, everybody in my family thinks I’m a star chef!!
I firmly believe that Khao Soi should be ranked as one of the world's great dishes. You can call it a curry or you can call it a noodle soup and it is both of those with more on top, literally on top! A broth of aromatic curry paste and orange-tinged coconut milk with tender chicken falling apart for you, boiled noodles lurking underneath and becoming coated with fragrant oil as they break the surface. Crispy noodles on top you can manipulate and dunk into the sauce,
This is a totally delicious way to serve roast chicken as well as being very simple to prepare. Cooking a whole chicken this way is practised in various forms throughout Asia, sometimes pot roasted, sometimes over hot coals and with many different curry pastes. Often cooked in the home, rather than restaurants, which is probably the reason why many Westerners are not familiar with the dish. Well, now is the time to change that and I promise you that you won't regret it!
This is a dish that is incredibly easy and quick to prepare. If you have a bag of frozen seafood in the freezer and the whole dish can come together in the time it takes to cook the rice. Talking of rice, I find myself increasingly turning to black rice
Purchased 4 pouches, but have only used one so far, the Southern Thai Green Curry. Great paste, with easy to use instructions. Flavours work very well. Heat level just right for me as I love spicy, hot food. I am very much looking forward to trying the other 3 packets purchased. Definitely will recommend to friends
This paste was great, I paired it with the lamb shank recipe on the my Thai curry website and it was absolutely perfect. The recipe was easy to follow, the paste delivered that beautiful flavour that a massaman curry gives you. An absolute winner
First time using these curry pastes and certainly not the last! So far I’ve tried the Massamam and the Thai yellow curry. Followed recipe for the whole roast Massamam chicken and added red pepper, onion and broccoli. I used prawns for the yellow curry, adding onion, potato, yellow and green pepper plus chopped coriander at the end.
Loved both of them and will definitely use again, so glad I’ve found these!
I have tried crying tiger paste to make a laab Kai . Perfect and brought the dish together well. Looking forward to trying the green curry paste . My new supplier of Thai pastes 😊
Nitsa
March 04, 2020
Hi Mary, Glad you’re enjoying your pastes:-) I would say 2 to 3 portions depending on serving size. Hope that helps. Kind regards, Nitsa