Attempting homemade Thai Curry (making the paste as well)
Discussion
Anyone experienced at this?
I'm looking at following this recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/thai-red-curry-paste...
Only concern is I don't imagine I'll be getting hold of shrimp paste at the shops near me, any idea if it's still doable without it? That recipe seems to think it's a "key ingredient".....
I'm looking at following this recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/thai-red-curry-paste...
Only concern is I don't imagine I'll be getting hold of shrimp paste at the shops near me, any idea if it's still doable without it? That recipe seems to think it's a "key ingredient".....
I get red or green Thai curry paste from most supermarkets.
A bit of oil in a pan, sizzle a couple of dollops of the paste for a few minutes, add a splash of coconut milk, then your chicken/beef/shrimps.
Cook quickly then add veg and a glug of fish sauce.
Put the rest of the can of coconut sauce in and simmer.
Quick, easy to do in about 15 minutes, so have your rice cooking at the same time.
A bit of oil in a pan, sizzle a couple of dollops of the paste for a few minutes, add a splash of coconut milk, then your chicken/beef/shrimps.
Cook quickly then add veg and a glug of fish sauce.
Put the rest of the can of coconut sauce in and simmer.
Quick, easy to do in about 15 minutes, so have your rice cooking at the same time.
Someone on here recommended Mae Jum Thai curry pastes. They are absolutely fantastic - really really good. When you can buy stuff this good, it really isn't worth the effort to make your own (curry paste that is).
Making a Thai curry is well worth the effort - not that it's much effort anyway.
Making a Thai curry is well worth the effort - not that it's much effort anyway.
hairy v said:
Sadly Waitrose failed on the shrimp paste, everything else was there though, so yeah I'll just order some for next timeMiso paste would work as well and Waitrose defintely sell that.
Or Amazon sell shrimp paste - delivery tomorrow (for me at least): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pantainorasingh-Shrimp-Pa...
Or Amazon sell shrimp paste - delivery tomorrow (for me at least): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pantainorasingh-Shrimp-Pa...
My personal favourite is Mae Ploy paste.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/mae-pl...
Shrimp paste is handy to have, but fish sauce is easier to get hold of. I also have oyster sauce from sainsburys and that adds a lovely distinct flavour.
If your looking at Thai curries and stir frys then you will need at least one of the above. And good coconut milk, my local sainsburys is excellent for its world food section but I have a Filipino corner shop in my town which is a god send.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/mae-pl...
Shrimp paste is handy to have, but fish sauce is easier to get hold of. I also have oyster sauce from sainsburys and that adds a lovely distinct flavour.
If your looking at Thai curries and stir frys then you will need at least one of the above. And good coconut milk, my local sainsburys is excellent for its world food section but I have a Filipino corner shop in my town which is a god send.
) but adds an essential taste to SE Asian food. Oyster sauce is sweeter and can be used as a dip due to its more delicate taste, personally I use both which will cover the lack of shrimp paste 
I must say I am exceptionally pleased with how this turned out.
Only issue is that Mrs UTH cannot handle any spice at all, and this was too spicy. Which does confuse me a bit as the only spice in the whole recipe was from the dried (then rehydrated) Kashmiri chillis I used in the paste.
1,000-2,000 on the Scoville scale apparently, but clearly too much for her.
Only issue is that Mrs UTH cannot handle any spice at all, and this was too spicy. Which does confuse me a bit as the only spice in the whole recipe was from the dried (then rehydrated) Kashmiri chillis I used in the paste.
1,000-2,000 on the Scoville scale apparently, but clearly too much for her.
omniflow said:
Someone on here recommended Mae Jum Thai curry pastes. They are absolutely fantastic - really really good. When you can buy stuff this good, it really isn't worth the effort to make your own (curry paste that is).
Making a Thai curry is well worth the effort - not that it's much effort anyway.
My other half did a Thai cooking course and the Thai lady who was running it said not to bother making your own paste as it isn’t significantly better than shop bought and is a faff to make. Making a Thai curry is well worth the effort - not that it's much effort anyway.
I'm having a go at this blokes Green Curry recipe a bit later,watched him do a tutorial at Nantwich Food Festival. His approach is a bit different - I've always fried the chicken in the curry paste with a little bit of coconut milk then added the remainder of the tin gradually. Anyway,open to new ideas. Whenever I've been to Thailand I can't stop eating the stuff,breakfast as well but never seem to get the same results.
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