On Friday, 5 April 2013 07:18:50 UTC+10, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> O.k., got it. My city is just beginning to put supplies for Indian,
> Thai foods on the shelf. Actually, not a wide variety of Chinese and
> Japanese either. I found Mae Ploy Red Curry Paste at the restaurant
> supply store ( they had yellow and green as well). The rest of the
> selection was a smattering of Japanese and Chinese this and that. I've
> only been through Whole Foods twice and I don't recall them having
> much of a selection either. I'll sub for now and keep looking. This
> is the recipe.
> http://tinyurl.com/c2e7fmf

The recipe probably means the kind of paste made specifically for this dish.. It's popular enough so that there are multiple brands of "Chicken Tikka Masala Paste" out there. Patak's is supposed to be good. Maybe not on shelves near you. I'd call it a curry paste, not a chili paste.

Mae Ploy won't be a good subsitute. Best substitute might be some other Indian red curry paste.