I tried, and liked, several kinds of the "Mamasan" brand of curry pastes.

I did notice that there WAS A drop-off in flavor by using the canned pastes
over fresh ground, but often, time is at a premium so I use the pastes,
but I
sweat some onion and garlic first, then add the paste and coconut milk, some
fresh cilantro and lime juice and the finished product is enjoyable.

Does anyone have another brand they can recommend?

- Slim

>slim wrote:

>Does anyone have another brand they can recommend?
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I like the Mae Ploy brand pastes in a plastic tub.

Jim.

Jim wrote:

>>slim wrote:
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>>Does anyone have another brand they can recommend?
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> I like the Mae Ploy brand pastes in a plastic tub.

I've used both and find both acceptable. The plastic tub is alittle
easier to deal with, there's a plastic bag of curry paste in it. You can
squeeze out the amount needed, where as the can you have to use it all.

--
Dan

If you go to http://www.thegoodlifegourmet.com/ there are a lot of curry
pastes. The canned brand they have is the same brand that my friend sells
wholesale to 5 star restaurants around Boston, he says its the best one. I'm
not much of a curry buff so I'll just take his word. Sorry, I dont remember
the brand off hand and I'm too tired to go look at the site.

-James

"slim" > wrote in message
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> I tried, and liked, several kinds of the "Mamasan" brand of curry pastes.
>
> I did notice that there WAS A drop-off in flavor by using the canned
pastes
> over fresh ground, but often, time is at a premium so I use the pastes,
> but I
> sweat some onion and garlic first, then add the paste and coconut milk,
some
> fresh cilantro and lime juice and the finished product is enjoyable.
>
> Does anyone have another brand they can recommend?
>
> - Slim