Veggie chilli

eggplants • green chilies • dried chilies • garlic • shallot • green onion • fish (drained) • fermented fish sauce (cooked)

cooked eggplants (about 1 pound/450 grams) • ground pork (about 100 grams) • shiitake mushrooms, soaked and diced • Oyster mushrooms (if available), • White part of Japanese green onion, finely chopped, • Minced garlic and minced ginger, • Guilin-style chili sauce • soy sauce • sake • mirin • broth (about 120 ml) • cornstarch •

Sweet potato • Thai chili paste • Cooking oil • Minced garlic • Oyster sauce • Drinking water • Fish sauce • White sugar • Salt (for blanching vegetables)

Omelet: 4 eggs and about 4 oz (115 grams) ground pork, seasoned with soy sauce • Vegetables for the curry: Use your favorites. Today I chose water spinach, green papaya, young watermelon, cabbage, and okra • shallots + 1 head garlic • large dried chilies + 15 small dried chilies • fermented soybean (or substitute with miso) + 1 small grilled dried fish • lemongrass + peel from 1/2 small kaffir lime • (if you have fingerroot, add a bit for extra flavor) + salt • ladles tamarind water (about 1 to 1 1/2 cups or 240-360 ml) • palm sugar + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar • large lime • salt + 2 tablespoons soy sauce • Water

grilled eggplants • grilled shallots • grilled bird's eye chilies • palm sugar • limes, juiced • fish sauce • ground dried shrimp

eggplant • garlic • shallots • Anaheim peppers • fresh chili peppers • lime juice • fermented fish sauce • palm sugar • salt • fish sauce