TH.03.0001
Phrik Gaeng Kari — Yellow Curry Paste / พริกแกงกะหรี่
Yellow curry paste (phrik gaeng kari) represents the strongest Indian-facing of the mainstream Thai …
Central Thai and Thai-Mus
TH.03.0002
Phrik Gaeng Keow Wan — Green Curry Paste / พริกแกงเขียวหวาน
Green curry paste is the most technically demanding of the Thai curry pastes — the fresh aromatics m…
Central Thai — the defini
TH.03.0003
Phrik Gaeng Liang — Herb-Forward Paste / พริกแกงเลียง
Gaeng liang paste is arguably the most unusual of the standard Thai curry pastes — it uses no coconu…
Central Thai — considered
TH.03.0004
Phrik Gaeng Massaman — Massaman Curry Paste / พริกแกงมัสมั่น
Massaman paste is the most complex and internationally travelled of Thai curry pastes — its Persian-…
Southern Thai-Muslim and
TH.03.0005
Phrik Gaeng Panaeng Moo Krob — Pork Belly Panang Variant / พริกแกงพะแนงหมูกรอบ
The pork-specific variant of panang paste adapts the base by reducing the peanut content and increas…
Central Thai restaurant t
TH.03.0006
Phrik Gaeng Panang — Panang Curry Paste / พริกแกงพะแนง
Panang paste is a condensed, roasted relative of red curry paste — historically documented as origin…
Central Thai — via Penang
TH.03.0007
Phrik Gaeng Phet — Red Curry Paste / พริกแกงเผ็ด
Red curry paste (phrik gaeng phet) is the most versatile and widely used Thai paste — the foundation…
Central Thai — though red
TH.03.0008
Phrik Gaeng Som — Southern Sour Curry Paste / พริกแกงส้ม
Southern sour curry paste (phrik gaeng som) is one of the most regional and uncompromising of Thai p…
Southern Thai — this past