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[[Image:CurryPaste.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Mae Ploy Curry Pastes are available from Amazon and can also be frozen]]
[[Image:CurryPaste.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Cock brand curry pastes]]
 
''[[Madras curry powder recipe|See also Madras curry powder recipe]]''
 
'''Cock brand curry pastes come highly recommended!'''


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.
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.
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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.
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 curry paste===
===Freezing home-made curry paste===
Divide the curry paste into usable portions and freeze them separately in disposable plastic coffee cups for later use.
Divide the curry paste into usable portions and freeze them separately in disposable plastic coffee cups for later use.
 
===Freezing Mae Ploy Curry Pastes===
'''Update''': I have since discovered that because they do not freeze solid, the curry pastes pictured are best kept by cutting an opening in the plastic bag inside the container and simply freezing the potThe paste can be spooned out directly from the freezer!  
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 defrostingI have a pot that is four years old and still as good as new!


==Red Curry paste==
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===Suppliers===
===Suppliers===
You'll find these at any good [[:Category:Chinese_ingredients_(supplier)|Asian supermarket]], they are also [http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Cock%20Brand&index=grocery&search-type=ss now available on line from Amazon].
[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)]


Buy the 400g pot and freeze immediately, see above tip.  These water-based pastes will not keep in the fridge once opened.  They will go mouldy after a few weeks.
===See Also===
''[[Madras curry powder recipe|See also Madras curry powder recipe]]''
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Latest revision as of 09:06, 24 October 2024

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 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, 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

Amazon UK now seen to be the best suppliewr for these curry pastes (2024)

See Also

See also Madras curry powder recipe

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