telophase | Lunch!

I has some!

I had a huge craving for sticky rice yesterday, and remembered in enough time to set it on to soak for a full 8 hours before it needed to be cooked, so I made two Thai dishes for

myrialux and I last night, with an eye to lunch leftovers. With what is probably the wimpiest Thai curry EVAR, as I have absolutely no tolerance for chile heat whatsoever.

I made this Panang curry paste with ONE, count 'em, ONE fresh chile instead of 8-10 dried, ginger instead of galangal as Central Markup didn't have galangal this trip (sadly, they usually do), and no peanuts as I didn't buy them.

I used it in this stir fry pork, made with pork shoulder instead of pork belly (I asked the butcher for the fattiest cut of pork he had XD), and neither the chile in oil nor the Thai chile peppers, and it was just this side of edible for me - I can eat about one modest serving, and then all of a sudden it's too much and I start to get sick to my stomach.

I also cooked this Penang chicken curry dish with 2 tablespoons instead of 3 of the curry paste, and a full pound of chicken. And it was perfect.