Hi -

Making my own curry pastes seems like a time-consuming task, and it
occurred to me that I could get some (maybe a lot?) of the benefits of a
home-made curry paste by starting with a commercial one and adding
complexity and freshness to it. Has anyone here got any experience doing
this, or have you found any websites on your surfing that have such ideas?

As a secondary question, what in your opinions are the best brands of
commercial pastes - since starting with quality is probably a good idea.

Thanks,

Ian

On Apr 6, 10:40*am, " > wrote:
> Hi -
>
> Making my own curry pastes seems like a time-consuming task, and it
> occurred to me that I could get some (maybe a lot?) of the benefits of a
> home-made curry paste by starting with a commercial one and adding
> complexity and freshness to it. Has anyone here got any experience doing
> this, or have you found any websites on your surfing that have such ideas?
>
> As a secondary question, what in your opinions are the best brands of
> commercial pastes - since starting with quality is probably a good idea.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ian

A lot of Thai people I know (outside of Thailand) do that, including
my father. Most use either Mae Ploy or Maesri, and whiz it with
whatever ratio of fresh ingredients they like in a food processor.

Rona Y > wrote:
> On Apr 6, 10:40=A0am, " > wrote:

> > Making my own curry pastes seems like a time-consuming task, and it
> > occurred to me that I could get some (maybe a lot?) of the benefits of
> > a home-made curry paste by starting with a commercial one and adding
> > complexity and freshness to it. Has anyone here got any experience
> > doing this, or have you found any websites on your surfing that have
> > such ideas?=
> >
> > As a secondary question, what in your opinions are the best brands of
> > commercial pastes - since starting with quality is probably a good
> > idea.

> A lot of Thai people I know (outside of Thailand) do that, including
> my father. Most use either Mae Ploy or Maesri, and whiz it with
> whatever ratio of fresh ingredients they like in a food processor.

Agreed. Although Jun uses either a Thai granite mortar and pestle or a
suribachi & surikogi.

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" > wrote:

> Hi -
>
> Making my own curry pastes seems like a time-consuming task, and it
> occurred to me that I could get some (maybe a lot?) of the benefits of a
> home-made curry paste by starting with a commercial one and adding
> complexity and freshness to it. Has anyone here got any experience doing
> this, or have you found any websites on your surfing that have such ideas?
>
> As a secondary question, what in your opinions are the best brands of
> commercial pastes - since starting with quality is probably a good idea.

I use several of the Mae Ploys as a base and spice it up with more
garlic, ginger, onion, peppers, and kaffir in different quantities
depending on what I'm making.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> " > wrote:
>
>> Hi -
>>
>> Making my own curry pastes seems like a time-consuming task, and it
>> occurred to me that I could get some (maybe a lot?) of the benefits of a
>> home-made curry paste by starting with a commercial one and adding
>> complexity and freshness to it. Has anyone here got any experience doing
>> this, or have you found any websites on your surfing that have such ideas?
>>
>> As a secondary question, what in your opinions are the best brands of
>> commercial pastes - since starting with quality is probably a good idea.
>
> I use several of the Mae Ploys as a base and spice it up with more
> garlic, ginger, onion, peppers, and kaffir in different quantities
> depending on what I'm making.
>
> -sw


Great - so its a good idea then. I will definitely try it out the next
time I use any curry paste.

Thanks,

Ian

regular practise here too!

bye


frank



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>
> As a secondary question, what in your opinions are the best brands of
> commercial pastes - since starting with quality is probably a good idea.
>

has anyone ever used the products from currysimple.com ??
opinions??

joe