Pukka yellow curry | Chicken recipes | Jamie Oliver (2024)

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Preparation and Usage

For a meat or veg curry, heat a splash of oil, then add the paste and diced meat or roughly chopped root veg, and fry for about 5 minutes, before adding tomatoes, passata or coconut milk with a splash of stock to make your sauce. Stir in pulses.

Whether you make your own curry spice mixes or pastes, turmeric is often an ingredient called for. Many curry recipes use not only the prepared curry spice mix or paste, but additional fresh or ground turmeric powder. This results in the curry having that golden color that makes the dish so attractive.

The amount of curry paste you use for one batch of curry depends on the strength of your paste and your personal spice tolerance, so taste the paste before you start! If it's really strong, start with about 2 tablespoons of paste for a batch of curry for four.

Make a curry

You'll get a deeper, spicier flavor by using more paste, whereas a milder flavor is achieved with less. After the paste is stir-fried for one to two minutes, add your choice of protein and vegetables and stir-fry until they are fully cooked.

Some Thai Yellow Curries look like Indian curries, but the taste is always very distinctly different because of the different herbs and spices used. As a milder sauce, you'll often find it being served with fish or chicken.

Check the Ingredients:Spices: Examine the spices you used in the curry. Sometimes, certain spices, especially if used in excess, can contribute bitterness. Common culprits include fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds. Reduce the quantity of bitter spices or use them more sparingly.

Because Thai yellow curry contains both coconut cream and coconut milk, it's much milder, richer, and creamier than other curries. It's usually made with chicken or beef, carrots, onions, and potatoes, but other starchy vegetables can be added or substituted as you prefer (some add red and green peppers or both!).

The whole jar is ample for a family of four but if you're cooking for two, the reminder can be stored in the fridge for 5 days or frozen.

Cook the paste in oil for 1-2 minutes before adding other ingredients. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons (15 to 30 mL) of olive oil to a pan on medium and let it heat up. Spoon in the amount of curry paste you want to use, and stir it around for a few minutes, which will help release the paste's flavors.

The paste is mixed with coconut milk or water plus vegetables, meat or seafood, then served up on a bed of jasmine or sticky rice. You can also use Thai curry paste in warming soups and sizzling stir fries.

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