Comments on: Thai Curries — Kaeng (or Gkaeng or Gaeng) http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/thai-curries/ Exploring with Kasma Loha-unchit Wed, 15 May 2013 21:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kasma’s Intermediate Thai Cooking Class #2 « Thai Food and Travel Blog http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/thai-curries/comment-page-1/#comment-26307 Kasma’s Intermediate Thai Cooking Class #2 « Thai Food and Travel Blog Wed, 15 May 2013 21:13:33 +0000 http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/?p=178#comment-26307 [...] You may be confused as to why this dish, without coconut milk, is called a “curry.” Actually, there are probably more Thai “curries” without coconut milk than with; for the Thais, the classification of what we translate as curry – kaeng - is really a broader classification. Read Kasma’s blog Thai Curries – Kaeng (or Gkaeng or Gaeng). [...] [...] You may be confused as to why this dish, without coconut milk, is called a “curry.” Actually, there are probably more Thai “curries” without coconut milk than with; for the Thais, the classification of what we translate as curry – kaeng – is really a broader classification. Read Kasma’s blog Thai Curries – Kaeng (or Gkaeng or Gaeng). [...]

]]> By: Michael Babcock http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/thai-curries/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Michael Babcock Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:49:15 +0000 http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/?p=178#comment-1201 <em>Dancing Shrimp</em> is more of a recipe book than <em>It Rains Fishes</em> though it's got some really good information on Thai ingredients, techniques and general information about seafood. Dancing Shrimp is more of a recipe book than It Rains Fishes though it’s got some really good information on Thai ingredients, techniques and general information about seafood.

]]> By: David http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/thai-curries/comment-page-1/#comment-1200 David Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:26:46 +0000 http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/?p=178#comment-1200 Thanks Michael. Enjoyed the 'It Rains Fish' book. I'm going to get 'Dancing Shrimp' next. Cheers. Thanks Michael. Enjoyed the ‘It Rains Fish’ book. I’m going to get ‘Dancing Shrimp’ next. Cheers.

]]> By: Michael Babcock http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/thai-curries/comment-page-1/#comment-1199 Michael Babcock Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:45:53 +0000 http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/?p=178#comment-1199 I ran this by Kasma. She says she'd never add basil leaves, or spinach, something else that she sometimes gets questions about, to a green curry because they are too strong a flavor. In Thailand, they do add green chilli pepper leaves to enhance the green color. When Kasma makes her green curry from scratch, she adds a tiny bit of fresh turmeric (1/2 tsp. in her recipe) to help make the pale green a little more attractive -- though she says adding it to an existing paste would probably only turn it yellow. She does not recommend adding ingredients to an existing commercial paste because it would change the flavor balance. The best bet, if you want to get a less spicy green curry with authentic Thai flavor harmonies, would be to make the paste from scratch, as in <a href="http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/recipes/greencur2.html" rel="nofollow">Kasma's Green Curry recipe</a>. (By the way, I just (12 July 2010) updated this recipe to her current version.) I ran this by Kasma. She says she’d never add basil leaves, or spinach, something else that she sometimes gets questions about, to a green curry because they are too strong a flavor. In Thailand, they do add green chilli pepper leaves to enhance the green color. When Kasma makes her green curry from scratch, she adds a tiny bit of fresh turmeric (1/2 tsp. in her recipe) to help make the pale green a little more attractive — though she says adding it to an existing paste would probably only turn it yellow. She does not recommend adding ingredients to an existing commercial paste because it would change the flavor balance. The best bet, if you want to get a less spicy green curry with authentic Thai flavor harmonies, would be to make the paste from scratch, as in Kasma’s Green Curry recipe. (By the way, I just (12 July 2010) updated this recipe to her current version.)

]]> By: David http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/thai-curries/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 David Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:32:26 +0000 http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/?p=178#comment-1194 Hello again, I spoke to a Thai friend. She said that she spoke to her friends who own a Thai Curry restaurant in Europe about making a green curry. I asked her to. According to them, they grind Sweet basil (Thai) and add it to the paste to make the curry look more green. They also add lemon-grass and galangal. She said they do this because if they used the proper amount of paste then europeans wouldn't be able to take the heat so they are trying to minimize the heat while trying to keep the flavour and enhance the green colour. Has Kasama heard of this? She also mentioned adding green chilli pepper leaves for enhancing the colour and give off a nice aroma. Young pepper leaves. Hello again,

I spoke to a Thai friend. She said that she spoke to her friends who own a Thai Curry restaurant in Europe about making a green curry. I asked her to. According to them, they grind Sweet basil (Thai) and add it to the paste to make the curry look more green. They also add lemon-grass and galangal. She said they do this because if they used the proper amount of paste then europeans wouldn’t be able to take the heat so they are trying to minimize the heat while trying to keep the flavour and enhance the green colour. Has Kasama heard of this? She also mentioned adding green chilli pepper leaves for enhancing the colour and give off a nice aroma. Young pepper leaves.

]]> By: Curry Paste Man http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/thai-curries/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Curry Paste Man Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:17:48 +0000 http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/?p=178#comment-534 Curry is one of those foods that you either love or hate. If you hate curry,. chances are you haven't had the right one yet. Curry is one of those foods that you either love or hate. If you hate curry,. chances are you haven’t had the right one yet.

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