Best Vegan Curry Recipe

5 from 2 votes

Our best vegan curry recipe with baby corn, baby carrots and shallots makes a vegan dish that’s so delicious even non-vegans will love it. It’s a rich gently-spiced, coconut-cream based Southeast Asian vegan curry that can be made as either a vegan Thai yellow curry or a vegan Cambodian curry.

Prep Time45

Cook Time15

Total Time1

Course: Curry

Cuisine: Southeast Asian

Servings:

Calories: 504kcal

Author: Lara Dunston

Ingredients

2 tbsp neutral cooking oil
1 tsp sea salt
8 baby carrots
8 baby corn
8 whole purple shallots
8 garlic cloves peeled
400 ml coconut cream or coconut milk
2 kaffir lime leaves julienned

Thai Curry Paste

four large dried whole red chillies
2 purple shallots peeled and finely chopped
4 cloves of garlic peeled and finely chopped
1 lemongrass stalk sliced finely
1 tbsp fresh galangal peeled and finely chopped
2 tbsp fresh turmeric peeled and finely chopped
1 tsp kaffir lime zest
2 small fresh red birds-eye chillies or milder fresh red chillies to your taste
1 tbsp vegan ‘fish’ sauce optional

Garnish

1 bunch fresh basil and/or coriander (cilantro)

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 180°C (360°F), grease the pan with cooking oil, and roast the baby carrots, baby corn, whole purple shallots, and whole garlic cloves in an oven pan, ensuring they’re seasoned with plenty of salt. Turn them as necessary and remove when the shallots are brown and almost caramelised.
While the vegetables are roasting, make the curry paste. For a Cambodian curry use this yellow kroeung recipe. For the Thai curry paste: soak the four whole dried large red chillies in water for 10-15 minutes until soft. Using a mortar and pestle, pound the lemongrass until completely mashed. Add the shallots, garlic, galangal, turmeric, and kaffir lime zest and continue to pound until you have a paste. Drain and slice the large chillies and add those, the birds-eye chillies and the vegan ‘fish’ sauce and continue to pound into a fine paste.
In a wok or pan, heat the coconut cream or coconut milk on low-medium heat, add 2 tablespoons of curry paste, stir to fully combine – old cooks advise stirring continuously in one direction to prevent curdling – and taste.
Add more curry paste if needed, adjust as necessary, then add the julienned kaffir lime leaves and roasted vegetables. The second it comes to the boil, turn off the heat and serve.
Garnish with fresh basil and/or coriander. Serve with steamed rice, fresh rice noodles or boiled dried vermicelli. It will serve 2 as mains or 4 if served as one element of an array of dishes.

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