You’ll find similar recipes for this dish with shrimp, but I wanted lobster, so there you go. Try this hearty dish with fresh lobster and Thai spices. You can also replace the rice with noodles. It’s all up to you.
Do you prefer shrimp or lobster??
Ingredients:
1 head of garlic
2 tbsp of grated ginger
2 tsp curry paste
1 tbsp thyme
3 (for chopping) 1 (for stock) green onions
1/2 cup rice
1 lime
2 lobster tails
1 whole coconut
salt to taste
Let’s get started!!!
First thing is to take care of the lobster. Put the lobster tails in a pot of water and let them cook for five minutes; no more than that. Break the shell off the tails. Save the shells for later. Dice the lobster meat. In a pot of water, add a tablespoon of salt and the lobster shells, a few garlic cloves, one green onions, and some thyme. Let it come to a simmer on low flame to make a lobster stock.
Let’s deal with the coconut. In the soft part of the coconut, make a hole and collect the coconut water. Break the coconut open and collect the white meat. Use a knife to take off the outer shell of the coconut. Put the coconut meat in a blender with about 1/3 cup of water and blend it. Strain and squeeze the coconut milk out. Pass the coconut milk through a sieve, and paper towel or cheese cloth.
Dice the onion. Slice the green onions. Grate the ginger. Mince the garlic.
Warm up some oil in a large pot on medium heat. Add the diced onions and let them cook until they become translucent, about two three minutes. And then, add the sliced green onions, minced garlic, grated ginger, and let them cook for about one minute. Add the curry paste and let it cook for about one minute. Pour in the coconut water, the coconut milk and some of the lobster stock and let it come to a boil. Taste the salt and add more if you want.
Once it starts boiling, add the rice and cover the pan. Once the rice is cooked through, add the rest of the lobster stock. If you want more soup add some water. Lower the flame to low. Add the lobster meat and let it come to a simmer. When it starts to simmer, squeeze in some lime juice in the soup, then turn off the flame.
Serve warm.
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