JUNGLE CURRY WITH CATFISH - GAENG PAA PLA DOO

      Title: JUNGLE CURRY WITH CATFISH - GAENG PAA PLA DOO
  Categories: Thai, Fish
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
 MMMMM------------------------CURRY PASTE-----------------------------
       2 tb Chopped Lemon Grass
       8    Shallots
       6    Cloves Garlic
     1/4 c  Chopped Lesser Ginger
       8    Dried Jalapeno Peppers
       1 ts Canned Peppercorns
       1 ts Shrimp Paste
     1/2 ts Salt
 
 MMMMM------------------------PREPARATION-----------------------------
       2 tb Oil
   1 1/2 lb Catfish, Cut Into 1" Slices
     1/4 c  Fish Sauce (Nam Pla)
       3 c  Water
     1/2 c  Thai Eggplant
     1/4 c  Sliced Green Jalapeno Pepper
     1/2 c  Sweet Basil Leaves
      10    Whole Kaffir Lime Leaves
  
   In the days when travel through various parts of Thailand required
   journeying through areas of jungle, the people had to make do with
   what was available there. This recipe is so named because the
   ingredients and cooking method made it a suitable dish for the
   jungle. Best eaten in the presence of monkeys, tigers and snakes to
   keep it more authentic.
   ~------------------------------------------------------
   ~----------------- Combine all the ingredients for the curry paste,
   using a mortar and pestle or a blender.
   
   Heat a large saucepan and add the oil and curry paste. Stir-fry for 1
   minute on medium-high heat.
   
   Add the fish,  fish sauce, water and eggplant and heat to boiling.
   Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes.  Add the remaining ingredients and
   remove from the heat.  Serve.
   
   From: Thailand The Beautiful Cookbook.  Typed by Syd Bigger.
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