Chef at 09:06, 24 October 2024

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[[Image:CurryPaste.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Mae Ploy Curry Pastes are available from Amazon and can also be frozen]]

Curry paste is a moist blend of ground or pounded herbs and/or spices and other seasonings. Curry paste is primarily known an important ingredient in Thai cuisine, and it can also be a generic commercial product which substitutes curry powders or spice blends used in other cuisines.

I have found that a curry made from just fried [[onions]], curry paste, [[coconut milk]], [[jaggery]] and [[lemon]] juice is often far superior to a [[Pork vindaloo|complex one made with freshly ground spices]].

Buy the smallest container you can unless you make curries extremely regularly as many curry pastes, including the one shown, are water based, so once opened, have a fairly limited [[fridge]] life.
===Freezing home-made curry paste===
Divide the curry paste into usable portions and freeze them separately in disposable plastic coffee cups for later use.
===Freezing Mae Ploy Curry Pastes===
The Mae Ploy Curry Pastes are water based so degrade very quickly - however if you store the pot in the freezer you can spoon out as much as you need without defrosting. I have a pot that is four years old and still as good as new!

==Red Curry paste==
Red curry paste includes [[red chili peppers]] (fresh or dried), [[shallots]], [[Garlic|garlic]], [[galangal]], [[lemon grass]], [[coriander]] roots, [[peppercorns]], [[salt]], [[shrimp paste]] and kaffir [[lime]] zest.

==Green Curry paste==
The ingredients for Green curry paste is similar to red curry paste, except [[green chilies]] are often used in place of the red ones.
==Yellow Curry paste==
[[Yellow curry]] paste is also similar to both red and green curry pastes, but it is made with [[turmeric]], where it derives its yellow colour, and occasionally [[yellow chili peppers]].

===Suppliers===
[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ploy-Curry-Paste-Customised-Flavours/dp/B0CCSXTSYW/ref=asc_df_B0CCSXTSYW/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696351800523&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6775989629844929583&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9180934&hvtargid=pla-2246667193156&psc=1&mcid=6df211933603399a86676e8227059ad8&gad_source=1 Amazon UK now seen to be the best suppliewr for these curry pastes (2024)]

===See Also===
''[[Madras curry powder recipe|See also Madras curry powder recipe]]''
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Chef at 09:06, 24 October 2024