In Thai curry, the 3 type of "red curry" based on red peppers, "green curry" based on raw blue pepper, "yellow curry" containing turmeric is a standard.
The most popular curry in Japan is "green curry", but the most popular in Thailand is "red curry".
In Thai, "red curry" is called gay pet, "gane" means curry, "pet" means hard.
In this time, even at delicatessen stands, we have a wide selection of varieties and introduce the popular "red curry".
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What is "Red Curry"?
Paste the dried red pepper, raw pepper, garlic, Pakuchi, shallard, Thai ginger, Kapi (shrimp taste), leaves of cobumican and lemon grass to make a paste of "red curry".
This paste stains in red, and even a small amount makes it a spicy taste.
Fry the hot paste and boil the coconut milk, Nampura, sugar, eggplants, bamboo shoots and meat, and "red curry" is completed.
Because coconut milk is put in, the spicyness is considerably neutralized, it has become a taste easy to eat, it stands out from the taste of rich shrimp miso.
People in Thailand eat curry not only with rice, but also soup, eat it like snacks, like thinly napped, fried in oil, kneaded with wheat flour, recently called "Roti" .
Curry not containing coconut milk "Gane Bar" What?
Cooking not to add coconut milk to "red curry" is called "ga · par".
It means "Thai curry" or "rice-style curry" in Thai language.
The curry here is mild of coconut milk, it is not sweet at all, so it is so spicy that it is billy.
You may not be able to eat unless you are a spicy food lover.
"Red curry" looks exactly like it, so when ordering without knowing it is serious thing! It is characterized by being a clear soup with a lot of vegetables.
Types of "red curry"
"Red curry" includes ingredients such as chicken meat, duck meat, pork, beef, bamboo shoots, tomatoes, odors, sardines, catfish and other ingredients.
There are more kinds than the "green curry" and "yellow curry", and cooked with fried rice and "Homok" which is steamed "red curry" is also popular.
"Homoku" is a dish often eaten at celebration seats, wrapping white meat surimi, shrimp etc. with red curry paste and coconut milk, wrapping it with banana leaves, and steaming it.
Red chilli, pandan leaf and coconut milk are on top, and it is fluffy texture like egg custard.
The mouthfeel is mild, but it has a taste of "red curry" firmly, and it will become painfully worse from later on.
"Red curry" I want to taste at home
How was it?
"Red curry" has various variations, but if it is not local Thai restaurant you can not readily see you.
In the food court and the side dish stands, there is a style shop that picks 2 ~ 3 kind of side dishes and applies it to rice.
I think that "red curry" about 5 kind is prepared in such stores, so it is good to try challenging if you see something that looks delicious.
In that case, do not forget the confirmation of spicy, too!
