Green curry paste is a fresh-tasting Thai curry paste whose color comes mainly from green chiles and green herbs.
Flavor and ingredients
Typical ingredients include fresh green chiles, lemongrass, galangal, makrut lime, cilantro root or stems, garlic, shallot, coriander, cumin and shrimp paste. It has a bright, herbal aroma and can be quite hot, depending on the chiles used.
How it is used
The paste is cooked briefly in coconut cream or oil before coconut milk and other ingredients are added. It works with chicken, seafood, tofu and vegetables. Thai basil, bamboo shoots, eggplant and makrut lime leaves are common partners. Green curry is usually fragrant, creamy and lively rather than mild.