Curry can be Indian or Thai. But what im going to guide you about is Thai Curry paste.
First you need to find ingredients very fresh and pungent.
The main ingredients for a Curry paste are,chillies, lemongrass, kaffir limes,garlic, cilantro seeds, cumin seeds, kapee paste (shrimp paste),shallots.
The colour of the curry is going to depend of the ingredients, if you use red chilli, your curry is going to be red, if you use green chilli, is going to be green and also if you use curry podwer is going to affect the color, is going to turn yellow.
The red curry seems to be hotter, it has more chillies, garlic on it. The green curry it can be a little less hotter, there is more cilantro roots, lemongrass, ginger, kaffir limes on it. And all that of couse gives different colors and intensivity of spicy.
Here is a very good recipe of Yellow Thai Curry:
Preparation
- Roast in a pan the cumin and coriander seeds until fragant, low flame (about 2 min)
- Place all the others ingredients but the toasted seeds and the shrimp paste in a food procesor
- Add the toasted seeds and the shrimp paste and blend enough just to mix
- Ready to use in your favorite recipe!
