Keo's Thai Restaurant Evil Jungle Prince

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound any combination of bell peppers, string beans, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, miniature corn, asparagus and zucchini
• 2 to 6 dried chile peppers
• Zest of 1/2 lemon
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 10 to 15 sweet basil leaves
• 1 cup chopped cabbage, slightly steamed

Instructions

1. Cut vegetables into thin strips.
2. Process (or grind) chiles, lemon zest and bay leaves together.
3. Sauté in oil for 3 or 4 minutes.
4. Stir in coconut milk; stir for 2 minutes.
5. Add vegetables and cook for 5 minutes.
6. Stir in salt and basil leaves.
7. Serve on a bed of shredded cabbage with sticky rice.

Attribution

Keo's Thai Restaurant, Honolulu, Hawaii - the house specialty