We went to Dijon. We stocked up on fresh lemon grass and galangal (alas no kaffir lime leaf), we bought Thai roasted chilli paste and fresh Thai chillies. We even found good premade Thai curry paste. The stuff that comes in the big jars.
We bought a huge bag of miso paste, loads of dried chilli, cumin, coriander (fresh and seeds) fried shallots. We bought a big bag of sticky rice (yum). Jasmine rice too which we can get in the local but it was far cheaper. We bought loads of garam masala too, a nice mix of it as it turns out (whew!), whole cumin seeds which are available at our local but in teeny weeny jars at double the price. We bought coriander seeds same as above, available in the local but ...
A huge bottle of Thai fish sauce (again available but 200mls in our local costs the same as 1 litre). Really decent coconut milk with full fat cream.
It was worth the trip to Dijon just for top ups because it’s a beautiful drive.
We decided to cook black foot chicken legs which we get locally and are amazing, Thai style. We usually do them Indian style. Andy did a paste of :
Garlic
Onion
Galangal
Lemongrass
Fresh coriander (not necessary as we don’t have much!)
Fish sauce
Red thai curry paste
Roasted Thai chilli paste
Tamarind extract
Tomato ketchup for sweet balance
Mixed with some (yep we are in France) fomage blanc. Our go to because it’s thick and creamy, slightly acidic and plain lovely. Full fat thick yoghurt would do the trick.
The whole concoction shoved on black foot chicken legs and cooked then grilled. Served with a simple salad, jasmine rice, crispy shallots and a thai dipping sauce (fish sauce, lime juice, galangal, fresh coriander, lemon grass, sugar and chilli).
Yum. YUM. Leaving at YUMMMMMMMM
The photos below do this no justice whatsoever. But there you go. Sometimes the yummiest dinners are just plain f...ing yum.
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