What Makes or Breaks Your Curry?

Green Curry Paste Review

Sawaddee Ka!🙏🏼

Before we get to today’s business, I have a live event coming up in-person and online! I will be in Seattle on May 9th for a live conversation with J. Kenji López‑Alt, and I’d love to see you there. If you can’t be there, you can also stream the event online.

Now, onto curries.

Last year when I conducted a blind taste test of different brands of red curry paste, I was shocked by how big the differences were between the best and the worst brands. I realized that…wow…the brand of your curry paste can really make or break the curry!

I finally understood why once in a while someone in the comments section will say that the curry they made had “no flavour.” Assuming that they actually followed the recipe (which may be a big assumption, lol) I now know why. They were using a brand of curry paste that was incredibly weak!

I thought the red curry paste test results would apply to other kinds of pastes (a wrong assumption as it turns out), but after many requests to do the same test for green curry, I decided it was worth doing to know for sure. This time I involved friends and family so it’s not just my own opinion, and the results did surprise me!

Here’s the video, are you using any of these brands? If you prefer to read, I’ve also written the review on my blog here.

Few Copies of Signed Cookbooks Left!

I also wanted to let you know that there are just a few SIGNED copies left of my book Sabai: 100 Simple Thai Recipes for Any Day of the Week available at my DFTBA store. If you don’t need signed, see other buying options here.

I’ve found Sabai to be useful even for myself! I’ve been cooking from it a ton because all the recipes are weeknight friendly and it’s just so convenient for a busy mom like me. I hope it can also help you make Thai cooking a more regular part of your routine.

Thank you in advance for your support!