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Homemade Red Curry Paste and How To Store The Leftover Paste

May 22, 2015 by Nancy Lopez-McHugh

Homemade Red Curry Paste by @SpicieFoodie | #Thaifood

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.

Curry Ice Cubes or How To Freeze #Curry Pastes by @SpicieFoodie

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!

Filed Under: Asian, Curry

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Comments

  1. Judy @Savoring Today says

    May 22, 2015 at 07:40

    Ah, good ol’ ice cube trays for keeping tasty curry ready for any whim. Brilliant. :)

    • Spicie Foodie says

      May 22, 2015 at 23:50

      Thanks, Judy!

  2. Rosa says

    May 22, 2015 at 09:48

    There’s nothing quite like homemade curry paste!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    • Spicie Foodie says

      May 22, 2015 at 23:50

      Agreed! Thanks Rosa

  3. Joanne T Ferguson says

    May 22, 2015 at 22:25

    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!

    • Spicie Foodie says

      May 22, 2015 at 23:53

      Thank you Joanne and enjoy that curry! :)

  4. anna@icyvioletskitchen says

    May 23, 2015 at 23:15

    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!

    • Spicie Foodie says

      May 24, 2015 at 23:40

      Thank you Anna and enjoy all those chilies! :)

  5. Angie@Angie's Recipes says

    May 24, 2015 at 08:49

    Shame one me buying lots of curry paste from our supermarkets. Must give this a try! Thanks for sharing, Nancy.

    • Spicie Foodie says

      May 24, 2015 at 23:40

      I hope you do give it a try, Angie.:)

  6. John@Kitchen Riffs says

    May 26, 2015 at 21:41

    Love red curry paste! Rarely make my own, but you’re right — it’s so easy, and I should. :-)

    • Spicie Foodie says

      May 27, 2015 at 21:49

      I hope you make a batch soon. Thanks John! :)

  7. mjskitchen says

    May 30, 2015 at 21:35

    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!

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