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One of my favourite dishes. Here is the (until now) secret recipe which I combined from other recipes I found and refined.

Green Chicken Curry

These quantities are enough to make a large stockpot of curry, enough for 8 people, so halve or quarter the ingredients for fewer people.

• 4 tablespoons Cooking oil


• 7-8 Chopped onions


• 1.5 jar TescoGreen Thai curry paste (ready made)


• 3 can Coconut milk


• 4 green pepper


• 2 cans bamboo shoots


• 2x750g Chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces


• 2 cups Green beans, cut into short pieces


• 1 jar Bart Freeze Dried Kaffir Lime Leaves / 2 tablespoon Kaffir lime leaves


• 4 tablespoons Fish sauce


• 4 Limes juice from two, rind from all


• 8 teaspoons Soft brown sugar


• 1/4 cup Fresh coriander leaves to garnish if desired

Heat the oil in a wok or heavy-based pan.

Add the onion to the pan and cook for 10 minutes at least, stirring constantly.

Add the green pepper stirring constantly, then add the curry paste, cook a little longer.

Add the coconut milk to the pan and bring to the boil.

Add the chicken pieces, beans and lime leaves to the wok, stirring to combine.

Reduce the heat and simmer for 45 to 50 minutes or until the chicken is tender.

Last thing:

Add the fish sauce, lime juice, lime rind, bamboo shoots and sugar to the wok, stir to combine.

(Optional) Sprinkle with fresh coriander leaves just before serving.
Serve with steamed rice.

Enjoy!

Labels: Thai Green Chicken Curry Recipe

I was disappointed recently when I bought a "new" Samsung monitor from PC World. When I got it home I thought it strange that the base had finger prints on it and the power cable was not for the UK, the packaging was upside down in the box. Also the remote already had batteries inserted, nevertheless I connected it up to my computer.

The image was terrible and I wasted many an hour trying to check the configuration, the drivers and connect up another computer to get to the source of the problem, liasing also with Samsung on hte phone. Together we managed to establish that the monitor was not serviceable. I then tried to phone PC World and head office repeatedly to try to find out if they had any others in stock, or how soon they could get one. I was told by more than one of their staff that they couldn't get through and I would have to go to the store. This I did and requested information on stock. When told they couldn't source any other monitor at that time I asked to be kept informed.

Finally I returned the monitor to the store (more petrol and time wasted), for a refund as I had managed to source one elsewhere. Curiously, this new one had sealed batteries, plastic protection on the stand (no fingerprints) and a UK power cable.

The packaging was the right way up in the box too and the monitor works.

I can only conclude from this that PC World considers it fine to sell me as new, not only a used monitor, but one which was faulty, also to waste my time jumping through hoops to establish that fact and obtain a refund and source a new monitor. I'd be interested to know how Samsung views this treatment of their brand.

Finally adding insult, PC World phoned over Christmas to offer me a paltry £5 in compensation for my trouble. I told them not to bother.

Labels: PC World used faulty goods Samsung