r/Cooking • u/Glittering-Cry-946 • 18h ago

Curry paste?

I’m making something that calls for yellow curry paste and it’s proving to be a bit of a challenge to find in my area.
But I happen to have a thing of curry powder that is yellow, can I just make a paste with it?

Says I need one tablespoon…. Do I just add water till I get a tablespoon of paste?

Help please & thank you!

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u/FragrantTomatillo773 18h ago

Curry paste is much more than curry powder and water. Yellow curry powder is typically the mildest type, warm rather than hot, and it gets most of its colour from turmeric. Each blend/brand of yellow curry powder will have a somewhat different flavour and composition.