Relive your exotic, colourful, and delicious trip to Thailand by recreating the Thai dishes you loved. Exotic Foods now has an entire range of Thai cooking pastes that let you enjoy the tastes of Thailand in your own home, all built around authentic Thai curry paste recipes used in real Thai kitchens.
People from all over the world love to visit Thailand. They come for the beautiful tropical beaches, the warm, friendly people, and the delicious Thai cuisine they find everywhere they turn.
Thai food is quickly becoming one of the world’s favourite cuisines. There are Thai restaurants in every major city in the world that have hordes of hungry diners lining up to sample their favourite dishes. If you’re looking to recreate those wonderful flavors at home, here’s how.
What Makes Authentic Thai Curry Paste?
Authentic Thai curry paste is more than chillies blended with garlic. True versions combine fresh galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime, shrimp paste, and a careful balance of spices, all pounded together until they form a deeply aromatic base. The exact blend varies by region and dish, which is why a green curry tastes nothing like a massaman. What makes a paste truly authentic comes down to traditional recipes and locally sourced ingredients Thai families have relied on for generations.
Complicated Cuisine
Many amateur chefs discover the main problem with trying to recreate the magic of Thai cuisine once they get home. Thai cuisine is a very complicated cuisine to prepare. The reason dishes taste so multi-layered and deliciously complex is simply that they are.
Thai cooking takes years to master, even for people raised in Thailand. There may be ten ingredients or more in a sauce that tastes deliciously simple. Those ten ingredients have to be combined in just the right amounts to get the flavour we all associate with a specific dish.
Foreigners are at a distinct disadvantage when they return to their own countries and try to cook the dishes they once enjoyed in Thailand. They may have taken a Thai cooking class while here and figured they were well on their way to mastering the preparation of their favourite dish. But once they got home, they often can’t find some of the exotic ingredients and forget the quantities of others. In other words, perfecting Thai cooking takes lots of practice with the correct ingredients that may not be available in everyone’s home country.
The famous chef Gordon Ramsay was even confident he could make a pad Thai that was every bit as good as professional Thai chefs. When he started cooking, he looked like a fish out of water. And when he presented his finished dish, the Thai chefs couldn’t finish the food he’d created!
Two Main Problems
Galangal, Kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, palm sugar, and fish sauce may be becoming easier to find on the shelves of grocery stores outside of Thailand, but these ingredients are only a part of Thai cuisine. A Thai dish takes many more ingredients that may have to be prepared using special techniques, and these aren’t always easy to find in other countries.
Getting the education and practice to recreate the dishes is the second obstacle to preparing Thai food. Taking a cooking class while you’re in Thailand only gives you an idea of the complexity of Thai cooking. It doesn’t really prepare you to recreate the dishes you enjoyed eating.
How Thai Cooking Pastes Help Home Cooks
However, what if you didn’t really need to master the cooking to get the authentic Thai curry paste flavour in your own home?
Thai cooking pastes solve both problems at once. Rather than tracking down a dozen exotic ingredients, you get the entire foundation of a dish in a single jar. Heat oil, fry the paste briefly to release its aromatics, then add coconut milk, protein, and vegetables. Within minutes, you’re close to the kind of meal you’d find in a Bangkok kitchen.
How to Use Thai Instant Curry Pastes at Home
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The basic method for any Thai curry paste is straightforward. Heat oil in a wok, fry 2-3 tablespoons of paste until fragrant, then add coconut milk for a curry or stock for a soup. Stir in your protein and vegetables, and simmer until cooked. A few combinations to try:
- Green curry paste: coconut milk, chicken, Thai aubergine, basil
- Red curry paste: beef or pork, bamboo shoots, kaffir lime leaves
- Massaman curry paste: slow-cooked beef or chicken, potatoes, peanuts
As a Thai instant curry paste supplier, we make every jar with the same recipes used in Thai households, so home cooks anywhere get the same starting point a Bangkok auntie would.
Find Authentic Cooking Pastes from Thailand
Exotic Foods is a curry paste manufacturer in Thailand and a trusted curry paste supplier Thailand businesses rely on for consistency. We produce nine varieties of cooking pastes, all made from traditional recipes used by families across Thailand. As a wholesale curry paste Thailand partner for retailers, restaurants, and importers in over 65 countries, we group our range into three categories:
- Curry pastes: massaman, panang, yellow, green, red
- Soup pastes: tom yum, tom kha
- Stir-fry and chilli pastes: chilli paste with bean oil, chilli paste with basil leaves
Green curry remains one of the most-loved Thai dishes worldwide, and our green curry paste is among our most popular products. As a green curry paste supplier in Thailand, we produce it using fresh green chillies, lemongrass, kaffir lime, and the other traditional ingredients Thai families have used for generations. It’s available to retail customers and wholesale curry paste Thailand partners worldwide.
These cooking pastes are made from traditional recipes and used by families across Thailand, so you know they’re authentic. Incorporating this range into your daily meals will raise the level of your cooking and make meals exotic and fun to prepare again.
Taste the flavours of Thailand wherever you are with products from Exotic Foods.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use Thai cooking pastes for quick weekday meals?
Yes. Thai cooking pastes already contain the complex blend of herbs, spices, and aromatics you need. Just add protein, vegetables, and coconut milk for a full-flavoured dish in minutes.
Do Thai curry pastes taste the same as what I tried in Thailand?
When you buy authentic Thai curry paste made from traditional recipes, you get very close to the flavours you remember. The main differences come from the freshness of other ingredients and how spicy you make the dish.
How long do Thai curry pastes last once opened?
Most Thai curry pastes keep well in the fridge for several weeks when stored in a clean, airtight container. Always follow the storage instructions and use a clean spoon to avoid contamination.
Are Thai curry pastes very spicy?
It depends on the type. Green and red curry pastes tend to be hotter; massaman and yellow are milder and more aromatic. Adjust the heat by using more or less paste and adding coconut milk.
Managing Director, Exotic Food PCL
Jittiporn Jantarach is currently the Managing Director and Executive Director at Exotic Food Public Co. Ltd., where he plays a key leadership role.
