Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

------------------------CURRY PASTE-----------------------------
2 tb Chopped Lemon Grass 8 Dried Jalapeno Peppers
8 Shallots 1 ts Canned Peppercorns
6 Cloves Garlic 1 ts Shrimp Paste
1/4 c Chopped Lesser Ginger 1/2 ts Salt

------------------------PREPARATION-----------------------------
2 tb Oil 1/2 c Thai Eggplant
1 1/2 lb Catfish, Cut Into 1" Slices 1/4 c Sliced Green Jalapeno Pepper
1/4 c Fish Sauce (Nam Pla) 1/2 c Sweet Basil Leaves
3 c Water 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.
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~-- 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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