Pure Green Stir-Fry!

In my mortal crockery, sits a stir-fry of...purest green! (Blackadder anyone? Anyway) I was in the mood for something 1. quick and 2. really, really, healthy the other day. It was because I had eaten nought but crap for a few days, being ill with a cold man flu. So, I grabbed a few things from the shops to compliment some stuff we'd already got at home, and lo, after 20 minutes from starting the prep to plating, a stir-fry of absolutely pure green. It felt healthy to look at. Aside from being quick, it was truly bursting with flavour and just delicious, if I do say so myself.

Ingredients (for 2 people);

• 4 spring onions
• 1 courgette
• 1 medium green pepper
• 1 bag of pea shoots
• 3 tablespoons Thai green curry paste
• 100ml coconut milk
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely chopped
• Handful of cashew nuts, unsalted.
• Noodles
• Sesame seeds
• Sesame oil

Let the games begin;

1. Heat the sesame oil in a wok/high-sided frying pan. Finely chop the spring onions, and when the oil's hot, throw the spring onions and the ginger in.
2. Chop the pepper up into decent sized chunks and the courgette into sticks, and for the moment, put to one side.
3. Put the sesame seeds under the grill to toast them. Keep checking on them until they're browned, at which point take them out!
4. Put the pepper, courgette, curry paste and coconut milk in the wok/pan with the onions and ginger, and while keeping on a high heat, keep the whole lot moving. 
5. Add the lime juice to the mix, stirring it well the while time. If the mixture is still a bit liquidy at this point, don't worry - on a high heat, provided you keep stirring it, it'll reduce down quickly.
6. In a separate frying pan, heat some more sesame oil, and when hot, add the noodles and sesame seeds. These should only take a couple of minutes to cook. 
7. Right before service, add the cashews and pea shoots to the green mix, and stir them through only long enough to heat them.
8. Serve it up! Noodles on the base, then the stir-fry on top. Enjoy (and have a drink handy, it was quite hot)!