[Sca-cooks] Re: Thai curry soup (was Dinner last night (long, OP))

[Avraham haRofeh]

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:31:54 -0600, Sue Clemenger 
<mooncat at in-tch.com> wrote:

> My guess is, it's pink from a red curry blend.  At least, that's the
> source of the color in my neck of the woods....There's a little
> coffee/pastry/caterer about two blocks from my house, and they sometimes
> serve a thai curry soup, that's based on chicken broth, red curry,
> coconut milk, bokchoy, and some sort of mushroom (not standard button
> mushrooms).  

Straw mushrooms? Very common in Asian cookery.

> Got an amazing freshness that I think must come from lemon
> grass, although there's definitely a bit of lime in there as well (not
> sure if it's kaffir lime leaves, or lime zest/juice).

I like using both the leaves and the juice, as well as lemongrass. IMHO, 
YMMV.

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