Thai Curry Paste (Red)

ABOUT Thai Curry Paste (Red) RECIPE

Curry paste usually refers to a paste used as a cooking ingredient in the preparation of a curry. They are varying country to country and region to region. Thai curry pastes basically include, Red chillies or green chillies, shallots, garlic, lemon grass and other herbs. Many herbs or ingredients used in Thai curry paste have lots of medicinal properties and that have long since been used in traditional Thai herbal remedies. Lemongrass is widely used as a culinary herb in Asian cuisines and also as medicinal herb in India. It helps in stomachache, high blood pressure, achy joints, fever, cold, cough etc. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice or a folk medicine. It helps in nausea, motion sickness, cold, cough, reduce muscle pain, helps in indigestion. Garlic has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. It is rich source of Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B6, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, Zinc. Helps in healing skin scars, Blood purifier, helps in cold and flu etc. The onion also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. It improves heart health, fight cancer, helps in healthy digestion, maintain bone health, hair health, improve immune system, sleep, etc. Lemon is used throughout the world, primarily for its juice, which has both culinary and cleaning uses. The juice of the lemon is about 5% to 6% citric acid, with a pH of around 2.2, giving it a sour taste. The distinctive sour taste of lemon juice makes it a key ingredient in drinks and foods such as lemonade and lemon meringue pie. They are rich in Vitamin C, Iron, Calcium helps in maintaining PH levels in body, very good for common cold, helps in nourishing brain and nerve cells, strengthens the liver, helps in maintain the health of eyes etc.