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Most Popular Thai Curry Recipes

By Darlene Schmidt, About.com

Find all of my most popular Thai curry recipes in one place, including green, red, and yellow curry recipes. All of these Thai curry recipes are made from scratch (no need for store-bought curry pastes here), so every curry tastes zingingly fresh. They're also healthier than store-bought curry sauces and pastes. So go ahead - check out my Top Thai Curries, and get cooking! (includes vegetarian/vegan and gluten-free curries too!)

1. Special Thai Lime Leaf Curry Chicken (New!)

Lime Leaf CurryD.Schmidt
This curry recipe is exquisitely Thai in taste, flavor, and texture. Made with lime leaf as well as lime juice, the curry paste is extremely aromatic and dark green in color. It is similar to Thai green curry, but also very different owing to the prominant flavor of the lime leaves.

2. Beautiful Thai Shrimp Coconut Curry

Thai Shrimp Coconut CurryDarlene A. Schmidt
This Thai Shrimp Coconut Curry is nothing less than fantastic! The curry sauce recipe is easy to make - just stir together a few basic ingredients, or blend them up in a food processor, chopper, or blender. The secret ingredient in this curry is a hint of tomato in an otherwise basic yellow curry, which brings the taste up to a new level. Also contributing to this sumptuous curry are pineapple chunks (fresh or canned) plus coconut milk and dry toasted coconut for a tropical-tasting Thai curry you'll want to make again and again. Superb for a dinner party!

3. Thai Jungle Curry

Thai Jungle CurryD.Schmidt
If you like chicken curry, you're going to love this Thai Jungle Curry, which is a famous dish from Chiang Mai. Spicy and layered with flavor, this curry is a splendid variation of red curry, but with the addition of a few key ingredients that make it stand out from the curry crowd. If possible, try not to use substitutions - instead obtain all the ingredients at your local Asian food store, including galangal (fresh or frozen) and green peppercorns (usually sold bottled in vinegar). Note that Jungle Curry can also be made with beef.

4. Easy Thai Fish Curry

Easy Fish CurryD.Schmidt
This fish curry tastes so delectable, you won't believe how fast and easy it is - ready in just 20 minutes! Fillets of fish (any type, fresh or frozen) are simmered in a rich Thai curry sauce. Includes vegetables for a healthy one-pot dish. Like all curries, this fish curry makes excellent leftovers as well as hot lunches to take to work. A nice dish any time of year, but particularly warming during cool weather. And it's ready in just 20 minutes. Mmmmm...!

5. Thai Green Curry Chicken

Thai Green CurryD.Schmidt
This Thai Green Curry Chicken recipe features chunks of tender chicken simmered in a homemade green curry sauce along with healthy vegetables (zucchini and red bell pepper). The result is a gourmet-style Thai green curry that is very aromatic and beautiful to serve (great for entertaining!).

6. Easy Thai Red Curry

Thai Red CurryD.Schmidt
This Thai Red Curry Chicken is super-easy to make, and includes lots of healthy vegetables so there's no need to make an additional side dish of veggies. It is baked in the oven like a casserole, which means it's simple to make and can cook away while you're doing other things. ENJOY!

7. Pumpkin Curry Infused with Citrus (Vegetarian/Vegan)

Vegetarian Pumpkin Curry
This dish offers the bright colours of orange, yellow, and red vegetables together in a curry infused with citrus accents. You'll love the unique taste of this dish, as well as its healthy combination of vegetables, including pumpkin (or squash), yam/sweet potato, carrots, yellow bell pepper, and cherry tomatoes. Add chick peas as a protein source, then finish the dish with a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds and nasturium flowers for a gourmet vegetarian Thai treat that's as beautiful as it is delicious!

8. Thai Pumpkin & Sweet Potato Yellow Curry (New!)

Thai Pumpkin CurryCopyright Darlene A. Schmidt
This Pumpkin & Sweet Potato Curry is beautiful to serve and so delicious. Makes for a flavorful side dish, but is also a meal unto itself. Make it vegetarian/vegan or non - either way, it's really delicious!

9. Penang Red Curry

Penang Chicken CurryD.Schmidt
Penang Red Curry can be made with either beef or chicken, according to your preference. Named after a state in northern Malaysia, this special curry dish carries with it flavors and aromas of distant places (you'll find references to Malaysia as well as India and Burma). With its homemade combination of spices and fresh herbs, my Penang curry is super healthy, and the red vegetables such as tomatoes and red bell (or sweet) peppers add extra vitamins, flavor, and texture to this wonderful dish.

10. Delicious Thai Seafood Curry

Seafood CurryD.Schmidt
If you enjoy seafood, you'll love this fantastic mixed seafood curry! The recipe starts with a healthy homemade, rather tart curry sauce that marries well with fish and shellfish. The sauce is heated in a wok or deep frying pan, to which an assortment of nutritious vegetables are added, plus cubes of pineapple and finally the mixed seafood, all of which cook up in no time. It's a healthy, one-pot gourmet delight that will impress your friends and family. Make it as the main course for your next potluck or dinner party - you can expect rave reviews!
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