Friday is normally pizza day in our house, but these are Thai pizzas, a modern mix of western and Thai recipes. A Thai flavoured pizza typically has no tomato in it, and only a little cheese, what it does have is plenty of Thai ingredients. This one is green chicken curry pizza, using Thai green curry paste to add some spice to the topping.

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Yes the title is correct! Thailand has influences from other countries and although not very common, we do have pizza! This is my own special recipe for Thai pizza. The main part of the pizza is Kaprow Kai – you can see this recipe elsewhere on this site, it is a spicy chicken mince and as a result the pizza is very unusual, with no tomato and a very different flavour. Use a mild cheese like gouda or cheddar so as not to smother the flavour of the mince.

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A yellow curry using a premade curry paste. You can make the curry paste yourself if you wish, I will include a recipe for it in future, however it involves a lot of pounding in a Thai mortar and we usually use the ready made paste when in Thailand. So if you want to cook authentic Thai matsaman curry, then strictly speaking it’s more authentic to use the ready made paste!

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This is a green curry made with minced chicken and small green aubergine. Those green beads you can see in the photograph are the aubergines, but don’t worry, large peas will work too. This dish is also made with fish mince, and served with hot cooked. A shared dish of the curry is placed in the center of the table and each guest takes spoonfuls of the sauce onto their rice. Note, you can eat the citrus lime leaves.

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