Yum Pak Grood (Fern Curry with Shrimp)

Name: Yum Pak Grood (Fern Curry with Shrimp)
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 3 cups (about ½ lb.) fresh or thawed frozen fiddlehead ferns; 8 large shell-on shrimp (about ½ lb.); 1 cup coconut milk, well-stirred; 1 ⁄ 3 cup water; 2 1 ⁄ 2 tbsp. fresh lime juice; 1 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. sugar; 3 red thai chiles, stemmed and thinly sliced; 2 shallots, thinly sliced; Salt, to taste; Jasmine rice for four

Serves
serves 4

This spare though luscious dish is traditionally made with pak grood—young, wild ferns that grow in the jungles of southern Thailand. Fiddlehead ferns make an ideal substitute.

Ingredients

3 cups (about ½ lb.) fresh or thawed frozen fiddlehead ferns
8 large shell-on shrimp (about ½ lb.)
1 cup coconut milk, well-stirred
¹⁄₃ cup water
2 ¹⁄₂ tbsp. fresh lime juice
1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. sugar
3 red thai chiles, stemmed and thinly sliced
2 shallots, thinly sliced
Salt, to taste
Jasmine rice for four

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Instructions

Step 1

Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add fiddlehead ferns, reduce heat to medium, and cook until just tender, 2-3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer ferns to a bowl and set aside; return water to a boil. Add shrimp, reduce heat to medium, and boil gently until almost cooked through, about 1 minute; drain. When cool enough to handle, peel and devein shrimp; set aside.

Step 2

Combine coconut milk and water in a medium pot. Bring just to a boil, add reserved ferns, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until softened, 3-5 minutes. Add reserved shrimp, lime juice, sugar, thai chiles, shallots, and salt. Cook until shallots are softened, about 2 minutes.