Coconut milk and Thai red curry paste turn up the heat
Are you for real NYT, Thai red curry paste IS NOT SPICY. What heat?
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Depends. I’ve had some that had a fair bit of heat. That may be wrong, but they do exist. It’s cheaper to toss in hot peppers than the actual ingredients.
The recipe calls for a bottled premade Thai red curry, like Thai Kitchen (TM) brand. These bottled premade red curry paste, at least in the US are not spicy at all.
Even if you use something decent like Maesri, the recipe only calls for 1 tablespoon. It won't be remotely fiery lol.
@KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net is right about sweet potatoes being good in stuff like massaman curry, though!
I’ve had the misfortune of Thai kitchen. It contains neither spice nor flavour.
Exactly! Calling one tablespoon of bottled Thai red curry paste "heat" is reverse discrimination lol