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u/CaptainUltimatum Mar 06 '25
Neat. I didn't know that was an actual thing, but sounds like several Thai people agree with the way trial-and-error taught me to do it.
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u/RebelGrin Mar 06 '25
It was a cooking video for green Thai curry, the Notorious Foodie, guy is a legend. Your man there was confidentially incorrect. Said you had to toast the curry paste before adding the milk, but it seems half of Thailand jumped on him to correct him. LOL.
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u/KLeeSanchez Mar 06 '25
To this day, legend has it he's still convinced he's right and Thailand is wrong
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u/anonymousguy9001 Mar 07 '25
confidentially incorrect.
Idk man he looks pretty publicly incorrect to me.
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u/saichampa Mar 07 '25
My partner did a legit Thai cooking course and learnt to cook the milk first to get the fat to fry the paste in.
He's also said though that making your own paste isn't worth it. We have pretty legit Asian foods available in supermarkets here in Australia so getting good Thai curry paste in a jar is easy.
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u/Radicle_Cotyledon Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25
ETA: the instructions on my panang curry paste say to fry in oil first, then add coconut milk.
But my masaman curry instructions say to fry in 300 ml of coconut milk, then add vegetables, and eventually more milk. So now I'm really crossed up.
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u/Buttleston Mar 07 '25
The way I've seen it and do it is, you open a can of coconut milk - do not shake it. At the top is very thick coconut cream. Scoop that out and leave all the watery parts.
You cook this, it separates - it's a little like making clarified butter or ghee. So it separates into coconut oil and milk solids. You cook a bit until the solids get a little toasty
You add the curry paste, and I also add garlic and ginger at this step and fry it in the coconut oil. After it's fried, you add the rest of the can of coconut milk in. I will also usually add more coconut milk depending how much I'm making
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u/Radicle_Cotyledon Mar 07 '25
Do you think the instructions were intended to be different for each paste?
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u/azhder Mar 07 '25
To be wrong is OK, to double down on it is for this sub. Where is the “confidently” part of r/confidentlyIncorrect
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u/RabbitsRuse Mar 06 '25
Interesting. I’ve been playing with Thai curry and coconut milk lately. I’ve mostly been doing red curry tho. Is it possible to get a link to the video in question?
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u/hrmdurr Mar 06 '25
Not the op, but I'd recommend Hot Thai Kitchen. Pailin has been making videos for over a decade, and all her stuff is authentic.
https://m.youtube.com/@PailinsKitchen
And yes, you fry the pasta in coconut milk after it separates.
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u/MauPow Mar 07 '25
Weird, all the curry I buy (Mae Ploy) says to toast the curry paste in oil and then add coconut milk
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u/Howard_the_Dolphin Mar 08 '25
As a thoroughbred white dude, I appreciate the fact that I’m doing shit right
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u/Rolex_throwaway 29d ago
This is an exceptionally stupid post. Dude was wrong, so what? People are wrong on the internet all the time. Feel bad about yourself OP.
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u/SillyNamesAre 28d ago
Bruh...
You are literally in r/confidentlyincorrect.
This entire sub is dedicated to ragging on people who are wrong, but convinced¹ they are correct.¹often despite evidence to the contrary
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u/Rolex_throwaway 28d ago
There’s nothing all that confident about this though. Dudes just wrong, there’s nothing notable or interesting about it. Emphasis on confidently my dude.
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u/SillyNamesAre 28d ago
...they are straight-up telling someone that demonstrated and/or gave instructions on the correct way to do it that they are wrong.
On what planet is that not being confidently incorrect?
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