red curry paste

Red curry paste is the most common of all the curry pastes. It is used widely in many dishes that you are familiar with such as tod mun and satay. Red curry paste is a mixture of dry chili pepper, shallot, garlic, galangal, lemon grass, cilantro root, pepper corn, coriander, salt, shrimp paste and kaffir lime zest. Whenever I visit Thailand I would buy a kilo or two and bring it home with me. Then I'd put into smaller bags and freeze them. I have fresh supply of red curry paste for years to come. I'm not kidding you -- the frozen curry paste keep fresh for a long time. If you are not visiting Thailand in the near future and in need of red curry, I recommend the one that comes in a plastic container. Inside the plastic container, you'll see vacuum packed curry. I think that it is fresher and tastes better than the canned one.