One of the questions I'm asked often is, «what brand of
curry paste do you use?»
Which
curry paste do you use for this recipe?
Not exact matches
things i was nervous about: 1) brussel sprouts (i don't really like em) 2) the flavour of the
curry if i wasn't using a
paste (i've never had much success at making them from scratch) 3) the apples 4) whether it would reeeeally serve 4 hungry people.
LOL I couldn't find
curry paste at my Walmart, so I
did curry powder.
All you have to
do is chop up some veggies, heat in a pan with the
curry paste, spices, and a splash of coconut milk, crack open a can of tuna, and assemble it all around some cauliflower rice which was heated in some coconut milk.
I don't
do boring healthy food, and this soup is definitely not that — it's light but hearty and satisfying, with subtle spice from the thai red
curry paste and a cooling creaminess from coconut milk.
I must say that although the long list of ingredients to make this
curry (especially the green
curry paste) looks daunting, it is rather simple, just put everything into the food processor and let it
do the work for you.
And if I don't have some variation of Asian food once a week, you can find me in the fridge with a spoon in the red
curry paste jar.
I am not a huge fan of red
curry paste, I
do like it from time to time, but I find it too hot for regular cooking, if I use it than I have to cook something different for the children.
If the
curry powder /
paste doesn't contain salt, season with a generous pinch of salt.
Check the ingredients list on the
curry -
paste label to make sure it doesn't contain fish sauce for flavoring.
I tried adding
curry paste but it didn't help
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.
If you use pre-made
curry paste as I
did, the most time - consuming aspect of this dish is chopping up the vegetables.
I have green
curry paste and
curry powder, will any of those
do?
She has a very low spice tolerance however so I had to add peanut butter and coco milk to her sauce — next time I would
do a batch with less ginger /
curry paste.
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!
But considering I'm no great talent in the kitchen and this still came out better - than - okay, here's what I
did: Started with onions, added garlic, mild
curry paste (instead of powder), and some chopped ginger.
Modifications (because store didn't have everything) included shrimp in place of chicken, green
curry paste instead of yellow and butternut squash (bc it was precut and ready to go) in place of sweet potato.
I
did add some ginger,
curry powder and tomatoe
paste to the chickpea mixture and substatuted Tahini for the final oil.
Curried Chickpea Filling I halved this recipe, but otherwise followed it pretty exactly (though I didn't have tomato
paste and instead added in some tomato chutney I recently made).
Also I used some
curry paste instead of the powder and it didn't taste very good lol, so make sure to use quality dry spices when making your
curry.
When buying red
curry paste, check the ingredients list to make sure the brand you choose
does not contain fish sauce.
4 eggs 2/3 cup spinach (I used one handful frozen spinach and
did not thaw it first, just tossed in the frozen flakes) 1/4 cup red pepper, finely diced salt and pepper, to taste 2 tablespoons hot pepper jelly (or try tamarind
paste, tahini, sweet and sour sauce,
curry paste), optional and to taste pinch chili powder, cayenne pepper, garlic, onion powder, optional and to taste 1/4 cup carrots, green peppers, mushrooms, asparagus, green beans, onions, corn, (or any vegetable that needs to be used or your have on hand), optional 1/4 cup shredded cheese, optional
I didn't have yellow
curry paste so I used red.
I added extra
paste as it didn't have enough flavour, and even then it needed more so I added a tsp or so of yellow
curry powder.
I didn't get enough flavor from the
curry paste alone, so I added some extra of the ingredients it contains — ginger, garlic, lime, soy sauce.
I didn't use noodles and added zucchini and 1tbsp of Thai True red
curry paste.
The fruit doesn't yield much juice, but the essential oils in the peel provide great aromatics for
curries and
curry pastes.
I was wondering which brand
did you use for the red
curry paste?
I
did not have the paprika so I used turmeric and red
curry paste and loved it.
I substituted red
curry paste for srirachi because I
did nt have any on hand, so I'm looking forward to trying the recipe as is written above.
I
did make a few minor modifications though (Thai
curry paste instead of Indian and addition of kale).
I have that red
curry paste at home unopened because I wasn't sure what to
do with it.
I made this tonight and really liked it, although I changed the
curry paste to madras as I don't like rogan josh, I also put in double the amount of tomatos and onions.
I
do that with my BBQ sauce and Thai
curry paste.
If you don't have
curry paste,
curry powder works well here.
Instead of throwing in chunks of pumpkin or butternut squash, like most Thai pumpkin
curries do, I decided to use pumpkin puree to add a silky thickness to the usual base of coconut milk, red
curry paste, and ginger.
Sweet potatoes, beans, sesame seeds, coconut milk, black olives, fresh mint, chili, lime, green
curry paste, and smoked paprika are mashed and shaped into patties, doesn't it all sound just heavenly?!
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.
Note: when purchasing red
curry paste, be sure to look for a brand that
does not contain added sugar.
Don't be intimidated by red
curry paste; it's a subtly spicy blend of fresh ginger, lemongrass, garlic, and chiles.
(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».)