Sqwertz wrote:
> Tracy > wrote:
>
>> If a recipe, say for Thai Pineapple Fried rice, included curry powder-
>> what exactly do I need? I have green and yellow curry paste, but I have
>> never used just plain old curry powder. I do have access to a large
>> Asian grocery - I just need to know what to look for.
>
> You need to look for a better recipe - one that calls f rusing curry
> paste rather than curry powder. Southeast Asian curry preparations
> never come in powder form - at least not decent ones. I've never
> seen them.
>
> Use the yellow curry paste you have - at least 5x as much as the
> recipe calls for the powder.
>
>> http://thaifood.about.com/od/vegetar...ifriedrice.htm
>
> The recipe doesn't look too bad. Use half as much *real* fish sauce
> and 1 TB of yellow curry paste. And forget the raisins.
>
> -sw


I was inclined to leave out the raisins....