What can I use with curry paste?

Purple_Orchid_87

I have a thai green curry paste that I'm looking to use to make vegetable curry with brown rice - am wondering that I can use to mix with the paste - the recipe says coconut milk or full fat cream, but I'm wondering what you use???

I have skimmed milk but I think it may be too thin.....

any ideas?

EroseT23

If you live near a Trader Joe's, they have cans of "light" coconut milk and that's what I use to make curry. If you can only find the full fat stuff though, just use half the amount the recipe calls for and sub the rest for milk. That should give you enough coconut flavor without all the coconut fat. Half and half would probably work too.

Captain_Tightpants

Anything. Milk, skim milk, unflavored yogurt, heavy cream, water, butter, tinned tomatoes, coconut milk....

kennie2

you could try using greek yoghurt but light coconut milk is definitely the way to go.

lisaslim1976

Or creamed coconut in a block...only need a bit then x

Captain_Tightpants

If you want the sterling of all mixers for your curry paste try this:

1 can coconut milk (not light, that crap is like water)
1/4 cup unsalted cashews
1/4 cup boiling water
Dash lemon juice

Let the cashews sit in the boiling water for 20 minutes until they go soft. Dump cashews and water in blender. Dump coconut milk on top. Squib in lemon juice. Blend 30 seconds on high.

Also, you don't really need to use curry pastes, they are always full of stuff you can't control. It's really easy to make your own:

1 yellow onion, finely chopped.
1tbsp cumin powder
1tbsp corinander powder
1tbsp garam masala
1tbsp turmeric
1tsp sea salt (optional)
1tsp black pepper
1tsp chilli powder
2 cloves crushed
1 cardomon crushed
1tsbp garlic ginger paste

Simmer the yellow onion in some ghee (or just olive oil if you like) for at least ten minutes. The aim is to get it translucent and golden, basically a paste. Then dump in all the spices and the tbsp of ginger-garlic paste and stir it up. There's your curry base. Now you can throw anything you want in there - chicken, veggies, the cashew cream sauce you just made...