Best Creamy Coconut Curry Recipes

CREAMY COCONUT CURRY WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shrimp and saute until they just turn pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove shrimp from the skillet and set aside.
• Add onion and bell pepper to the skillet and cook until crisp-tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Whisk in flour, curry powder, pepper, and salt. Cook, whisking constantly, for 1 minute.
• Gradually whisk in chicken broth and coconut milk; continue cooking over medium heat until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Stir in cooked shrimp and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until shrimp are thoroughly heated. Serve curry immediately over rice.

CREAMY RED COCONUT CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic in the hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Add baby corn, chicken, water chestnuts, chickpeas, curry paste, and garlic powder; stir until well coated.
• Add coconut milk, chicken broth, salt, and pepper. Stir until mixture comes to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 30 minutes.

CREAMY COCONUT CURRY

Steps:

• Melt coconut butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic using a wooden spoon until translucent and lightly brown in color, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt, cumin, pepper, fennel seeds, coriander, turmeric, and garam masala; mix until well incorporated. Stir in corn starch until a creamy paste forms.
• Slowly mix water into the saucepan to dissolve cornstarch and thicken the mixture. Keep stirring until there are no lumps. Stir in chickpeas and broccoli and briefly cook until just lightly crisp and tender (do not overcook). Mix in coconut cream and curry leaves and cover pan halfway with a lid. Simmer until liquid is reduced and has thickened, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Remove lid and lower heat to medium-low. Cook and stir until liquid is reduced and curry is thick and creamy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add bok choy and cook until wilted and curry has further reduced, 3 to 5 minutes.

CREAMY COCONUT CHICKPEA CURRY WITH SWEET CORN & ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Start your rice first thing so that it's ready when your curry's ready.
• Set a large saute pan over low heat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil. When warm, add the onion along with a pinch of salt. Cook, continuing over low heat, stirring occasionally, to sweat the onions (make them tender but not browned), about 8 minutes.
• Increase heat to medium. Add 1 more tablespoon of oil along with the garlic, curry powder, and cayenne if using. Stir frequently until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the ginger and zucchini along with another pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the zucchini begins to get tender, about 3 minutes.
• Add the chickpeas and corn and cook, stirring, until warmed through, about 2 more minutes.
• Reduce heat to low. Add the coconut milk, tahini, brown sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt. Stir to combine. The tahini might appear to be clumpy, but it will meld in with the ingredients when warm.
• Bring to BARELY a simmer - do not let boil! If you let the curry boil, the coconut milk gets too hot and the curry will have a grainy appearance. Cook low and slow, stirring occasionally, until warmed through and the zucchini and corn are tender, 6-8 minutes.
• Stir in lemon juice and cilantro. Taste and add more salt if desired (it will probably need another 1/4 teaspoon at least - I intentionally call for a small amount of salt so that you can adjust to your tastes at the end). At this point, you can also stir in more cayenne if you'd like a bit more heat.
• To serve, divide rice between bowls, then spoon curry over the top. Garnish with cucumbers, scallions, cilantro, and sesame seeds.

CREAMY COCONUT THAI CURRY

Steps:

• Trim chicken breasts and cut into 2cm cubes.
• Finely chop ginger, lime leaves, shallots, chillies, lemongrass and coriander root.
• Heat the oil in a wok over a medium heat.
• Add all the chopped spices and heat, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
• Add chicken and keep stirfrying for a further 2-3 minutes until the chicken is sealed and slightly golden.
• Stir in the coconut milk, season and bring to the boil.
• Allow to simmer for 7 minutes.
• If you prefer the sauce a little thicker, keep simmering for a further couple of minutes, allowing it to turn a slightly deeper gold colour.
• Serve with rice and stir-fried vegetables.

MISO COCONUT CURRY SOUP - CREAMY ZEN TROPICAL MASTERPIECE

Steps:

• Boil 8 Cups Water with 2 tbs Pink Himalayan Sea Salt on high heat. Use a nice stainless steel soup pot that has a good lid with a little hole in it. (preferably see through) You will need at least 3-4 inches of room on top, so a deep pot is ok.
• When it boils, turn the heat off (let it go below the bubbling point).
• Just as the bubbles settle down add 3 teaspoons Bonito Fish Powder soup stock.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip.
• Add 1 bunch of thinly sliced fresh Scallion Green Onions.
• This is your basic stock.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip.
• Turn back on heat and slowly raise heat just below medium *never let soup bubble from this point on. Watch it closely, you can burn this soup if you are not slow and easy. Do not go above medium heat from this point forward.
• Add 3-4 tablespoons of mellow white miso paste. (organic) Slowly mash the miso into the soup with a large ladle and wooden spoon. Ease it into the hot soup, you cream it just under the soup near the surface. Now you have your basic creamy miso soup.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip. you'll already love it.
• Keep the heat below the bubbling point, this soup is a delicate one.
• Add 2 cans of Coconut Milk, shake them vigorously before you open them.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip. yep, that was a mouthgasm you just had.
• Add 1 large tablespoons of Red Panang Curry Paste. Slowly mash the curry paste into the water in a large ladle ease it into the hot soup, you cream it just under the soup near the surface.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip. I know! how could it get any better?!?!
• *never let soup bubble at this point. Low or just below medium heat*.
• Now throw in two little thai red hot peppers, whole, stem and all, do not cut them, so that they barely spice the soup.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip. this is like a zen meditation of patience, it will pay off!
• Add in the fresh finely grated galangal root (fine grate about an inch).
• Add the 8 small kaffir limes leaves (whole).
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip. you taste the soup evolve at each step.
• Now we will prep the lemon grass stalk. Chop off the white root looking bottom part about an inch going up. Only chop off the bottom part, leave some white. Then chop it again at the top green part where it begins to split the whole usable part should be about 4 inches long from the bottom going upwards. Then unwrap a layer or two until you have only the middle part. Smash it with a coffee cup or the flat part of the knife. Finely chop it a few times until it is thinly minced.
• Add in the prepped minced lemongrass stalk to the soup.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip. do you love me yet? :-).
• Then add the fresh shiitake mushrooms. Cut them into little strips. (no stems, only the flat caps).
• Add the can of straw mushrooms. Don't cut these, put them in whole. (drain the water from the can) Use fresh straw mushrooms if you can find them. Wait until the mushrooms fuse totally into the soup.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip.
• Add in 1 teaspoon coarse brown sugar.
• Add in 1/2 of a lime juiced (squeeze it in the soup) don't put the whole lime in, just its juice.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip. you taste that? it's tropical love!
• Then add the thick long udon noodles, freshly frozen. You can put the whole frozen udon square into the soup. I use one or two squares of the frozen 5 packs.
• Stir gently, cover and wait 2-3 minutes, taste a sip.
• Lightly poach some quail eggs, you can find them in an asian market. They are hard to crack so you must be carful or you will break the yellow part and it won't look as good. I use a very sharp chef knife and give them a little chop on the side near the fattest part. Use an egg poacher the kind that has little non-stick bowls that float above hot water. Put a tiny dab of butter in each bowl and then the egg on top once the butter is melted. Once again use low to medium heat, quail eggs can be done in about 30 seconds, if you like the sunny look.
• You are now ready to serve your soup.
• Serve with fresh (de-stemmed) cilantro leaves on top, and gently place a few lightly poached quail eggs on top. I like them barely poached, sunny and a bit runny.
• Enjoy!

CREAMY COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the coconut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until it softens, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger to the pan and cook for 1 minute. Add the cumin, coriander, turmeric, and, if using, the cayenne and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the chicken, crushed tomatoes, and sea salt to the pan and stir well. Bring to a simmer then cover and reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer for 15 minutes, carefully removing the lid (the curry will splatter!) to stir a few times.
• Once the chicken pieces are cooked, stir in the coconut milk, cherry tomatoes, and cilantro. Season to taste with more salt, as needed.