Recipe - Gang Ba Curry With Mushrooms

10 ounce Straw mushrooms
One fourth cup Vegetable oil
2 One half tablespoon Gang ba curry paste, see
recipe
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
One half teaspoon Sugar, optional
One half cup Oriental basil, chopped
2 Kaffir leaves
6 Red chili peppers, cut into
4 or 5 pieces

If the mushrooms are very large, cut in half; however it is traditional not
to cut them in Thai cooking. Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat. Add
the curry paste & stirfry until it releases its aroma. Add 3 cup water,
mushrooms, soy sauce & sugar. Bring to a boil, adjust the seasonings if
necessary. Add the basil, kaffir & chili peppers. Mix gently & serve hot
with rice. NOTE: I make variations of this adding a bunch assorted, cubed
vegetables which I stirfry for a few moments before adding the water.
Using the vegetables gives a main dish rather than just a side dish. Good
vegetables in this curry are: eggplant, zucchini, corn, cauliflower, bamboo
shoots (I'm not sure how Thai this ingredient is though).