recipes:thai_shrimp_curry [alephnull.com]

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1 cup basmati or Jasmine rice
• 3 cardamom pods, crushed with the back of a knife*
• 2 star anise pods*
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced
• 1 small-medium broccoli crown, cut into small florets (or, summer squash or bamboo shoots, or mushrooms, or zucchini…)
• 2 large carrots, shaved into ribbons with a vegetable peeler
• 1/4 cup Thai red curry paste*
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans full-fat coconut milk*
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 yellow bell pepper, very thinly sliced
• zest of 1 lime
• juice of 1 lime
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, plus extra for serving
• thai basil for serving*
• thinly sliced scallions for serving
• lime wedges for serving