Thai
Kaeng Phet Fak Thong (Pumpkin Red Curry)
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Kaeng Phet Fak Thong (Pumpkin Red Curry) is Thai home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Warm a splash of the coconut milk in a pot and fry the red curry paste, from the tub, until fragrant and the oil separates, about 3 minutes.
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Add the pumpkin, remaining coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves.
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Simmer until the pumpkin is tender, about 15 minutes.
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Season with the fish sauce, tasting to balance sweet, salty and gently spicy.
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Stir in the Thai basil off the heat and serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kaeng Phet Fak Thong (Pumpkin Red Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kaeng Phet Fak Thong (Pumpkin Red Curry) carries fish and coconut. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Ajat (Cucumber Relish) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Ajat (Cucumber Relish) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 450 kcal
- Protein
- 5 g
- Carbs
- 16 g
- Fat
- 41 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 1030 mg
- Saturated fat
- 36 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kaeng Phet Fak Thong (Pumpkin Red Curry) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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