CURRY OF CHICKEN, SNAKE BEANS & HOLY BASIL

A really rich pungent paste with a healthy dose of shrimp paste as well as roasted chillies. What I love about these Thai dishes is that once the curry paste is made (and I admit these can be time-consuming), the cooking is quick. Lots of brilliant snake beans at the markets right now. Holy basil from the garden. Unlike Thai basil, which is quite attractive, especially when in flower and especially if you're a bee, holy basil looks like a weed. (But then so does epazote, that quintessential Mexican herb.) 

CURRY OF CHICKEN, SNAKE BEANS & HOLY BASIL