I used a store
bought curry paste for red curry.
Jonathon Sawyer makes his own curry and cooks his own chickpeas for this vegetarian dish, but this simplified recipe calls for store -
bought curry paste and canned chickpeas.
I must admit, I always
buy curry paste in the jar, but seeing how easy it is to make, I am going to try it myself.
you can also
buy curry paste with the ginger, shallots, garlic and lemongrass already blended in to save time on prep, just cut your veggies / meat and start cookin this is the first negative review i've ever left on this site so if this your first try don't be discouraged, lots of good stuff!
Not exact matches
I think you could get similar results with a store -
bought Thai
curry paste and coconut milk (as another reviewer suggested).
Totally agree though, making a
curry paste / seasoning mix can be a hassle so I
buy the premade versions as well!
I know you can
buy Thai
curry paste in a jar, but it seriously is so easy to make yourself and it is much healthier and cheaper.
For a
curry lover like myself, here are some pantry staples that are always in my kitchen (and I've linked them to my favorites, not sponsored at all, just the brands I
buy at the store or online): red and green
curry paste, coconut milk, cashew milk, coconut oil, and ghee.
I
buy the Thai Kitchen brand of red
curry paste and fish sauce (available is most supermarkets) which give pretty athentic flavors.
I usually
buy them in a jar, but I know that a fresh
curry paste would taste so much better.
It's awesome, I
bought some at market and brought it back Thai
curry paste... read ingredients carefully, I made my own and recipe called for shrimp
paste which could be substituted for soy beans.
And if you don't make your own
curry paste, make sure to
buy something of good quality, it is worth it to pay two or three Euro more in this case, I think, it really makes a difference.
And for those who like it hot, opt for Option Three; whisk in store -
bought Thai red
curry paste and finish the dish with a ton of fresh toppings.
When
buying red
curry paste, check the ingredients list to make sure the brand you choose does not contain fish sauce.
I have
bought the red
curry paste to use tonight.
@Dianna: You can solve the fish sauce issue by
buying red
curry and making your own
paste.
Since I love
curries but I find the store -
bought pastes too hot for me, I decided to make my own jar to be used as a base for Thai
curries or simply to make a sauce to top a grain + veggies bowl.
It's easy to
buy a range of red, yellow, or green Thai
curry pastes.
Green
curry paste is usually quite spicy, and I
bought the one listed, but overall this dish did not have the spiciness I had hoped for.
* 2 Tablespoons oil * 1 medium yellow onion, diced * 2 cloves garlic, minced * 1 pound boneless chicken, cut into strips or large chunks * 3 cups thin eggplant slices, no larger than about 1-1/4» in diameter (about 1 small Italian eggplant or one large Japanese eggplant) * 1/4 cup green
curry paste (I typically use Mae Ploy) * 1 cup coconut milk * 1 cup chicken broth * 1-1/2 teaspoons fish sauce * 1 teaspoon regular or palm sugar * 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised and cut into several inch pieces * 4 - 5 Kaffir lime leaves * 1 cup bamboo shoots, well rinsed (make sure to
buy the matchstick shoots rather than the bamboo tips) * 1/4 cup roughly chopped Thai basil leaves
3 cups organic coconut milk - full fat (homemade or canned - I prefer Native Forest due to BPA free cans) 2 - 3 Thai chilies or 2 tsp chopped red chilies (I
buy mine frozen in cubes) or red pepper flakes 2 - 4 TBL (plus) fish sauce (I use Red Boat or Thai Kitchen) 1 tsp coconut sugar (or sucanat / rapadura) 1 TBL (plus) red
curry paste (I use Thai Kitchen)
Red
curry paste comes in mild and medium, so
buy according to your taste.
(By the way, all the Thai restaurants I know use the same ready - to - cook commercial
curry pastes we all can
buy and I suppose it's the same in most Western countries, so you shouldn't feel you do anything «non-authentic».)