Thai Recipe?: Gang Koa Koong?

Looked online and couldn't find recipe. Had this at local Thai restaurant and want to make it at home. It has shrimp, pineapple, tomato, Thai red curry, and coconut milk. Could make a stab at winging it, but would prefer an actual recipe if anyone is familiar with this dish and has a recipe. Thanks.Thai Recipe?: Gang Koa Koong?
Hi,

I use to make this dish a lot, but I never measure any thing. So, here is approximated recipe
1-2 Tbsp red curry paste
a can of coconut milk
half of the pineapple, cut into bite size
6-8 medium-large shrimp, shelled
3-4 kaffir lime leave
fish sauce, to taste
tamarind puree, to taste
palm sugar, to taste

heat a medium pan over med-high heat
open a can of coconut milk, DO NOT shake it before you open it
skim the creamy part of the coconut milk that float on top into a pan.
stir constantly until it bubbling, then add the curry paste an stir until fragrance.
then add the shrimp and keep stirring until the shrimp is slightly cook.
then add the pineapple (and tomato) and the rest of the coconut milk (the watery part)
add the lime leave
and season it with fish sauce, palm sugar, and tamarind puree
bring it to boil
once it boil turn the heat to med-low and let it simmer until the shrimp is cook
serve

I don't usually add tomato in it, but you can if you wanted to.
This might be a hassle to find some of the ingredient
the palm sugar can be substitute with white sugar
you can leave tamarind paste out if you really couldn't find it.
kaffir lime leave can be a bit hard to find, but please don't skip it.
sorry about my English
good luck!


you did spell it right btw
???????????
koa = ???? = to sauté
khao = ???? = rice
There is no such thing call "Gaeng khao koong" like the answer above said

and again that link from the answer above is not the recipe. It is not even close.Thai Recipe?: Gang Koa Koong?
Sorry, but I get really annoyed by the answer below.

I know how to cook authentic Thai food. Which he is obviously don't. You don't fry the red curry paste by adding oil. You heat up the coconut cream until the cream and coconut oil is separate and then put the curry paste in.

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Thai Recipe?: Gang Koa Koong?
And then you don't put the protein in last. You stir fry it after you fry the red curry, so that you will get the flavor in the protein. He also left out the kaffir lime leafs, which will make a huge difference.

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I don't think you spelled it correctly, but the recipe is simple.
Fry the red curry paste (Maesri brand is good) in a bit of oil to release the flavors.
Add a can of coconut milk and heat to a slow boil.
Add pineapple, and a can of bamboo shoots (strained). (adding tomato is a little unusual but I wouldn't be surprised to see some Thai restaurants add it because a "farang" (foreigner) wouldn't know the difference anyway.
Add fish sauce to taste.
Add palm sugar (be careful not to make it too sweet or you will "Americanize" it like the food served in most Thai restaurants in America. There needs to be a balance of flavors.
Simmer for a few minutes.
Add the shrimp and cook until they turn opaque (just a couple of minutes.)
Serve over Jasmine rice.

(Gaeng) Phet = red curry
Koa = simmer
Khao = rice
Koong = prawns/shrimp
Shrimp in curry with rice. Thai language is loosely translated into English and Thai restaurants have various spellings for the same thing.

Here is a recipe that is close but uses green curry. Kaeng Khiao Koong
http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/serve.cg…
http://jugalbandi.info/2009/04/thai-pine…
??????????? = shrimp curry
and from the answer below, just because he claims to be Thai doesn't mean he knows how to cook authentic Thai food.
Korb khun krub.

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