Do you ever end up with too many dried chiles? I somehow always end up buying too many bags of them. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing because then I always have plenty of peppers to spice up our meals. The only drawback to a pantry full of dried chilies is that they risk going to waste. You see, as I’ve been learning, here in the Tropics food goes bad quickly. When I lived in Europe I never once had to worry about the weather destroying my dried pantry food. But now that I live in a place that is always hot and always humid, this is something I always have to keep in mind.
The other day I was cleaning out the pantry and noticed one too many bags of dried chile de arbol, but thankfully I was also running low on red curry paste. So I gather my chilies and other ingredients and I made a batch of homemade red curry paste. Problem solved!
Have you ever made your own curry paste? It’s so easy, I promise. You can get the recipe for this red curry paste on my Spicy Food column here. Go on check it out.
Okay, so now that you’ve prepare a batch of curry paste, how do you keep it from going bad? You turn it into curry ice cubes! I also wrote a guide for that, and it can also be found on my About.com column. Follow this link.
Have a fantastic weekend amigos! To my American readers I’d like to wish you a Happy Memorial Day weekend, enjoy your barbecues!
Ah, good ol’ ice cube trays for keeping tasty curry ready for any whim. Brilliant. :)
Thanks, Judy!
There’s nothing quite like homemade curry paste!
Cheers,
Rosa
Agreed! Thanks Rosa
This is the perfect weather for homemade curry Nancy! Thank you for continuing to inspire me and great photography!
Congrats about the article! Pinned and shared!
Thank you Joanne and enjoy that curry! :)
what a great idea, and looks so delicious! i am trying to GROW lots of chilies this year that will be good for drying and storing so, this should be very helpful in the future!
Thank you Anna and enjoy all those chilies! :)
Shame one me buying lots of curry paste from our supermarkets. Must give this a try! Thanks for sharing, Nancy.
I hope you do give it a try, Angie.:)
Love red curry paste! Rarely make my own, but you’re right — it’s so easy, and I should. :-)
I hope you make a batch soon. Thanks John! :)
I always have an abundance of dried red chiles so I’m thrilled to have another red chile based condiment to make. Thanks for the recipe Nancy!