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Whole-Food Thai Red Curry Sauce

Name: Whole-Food Thai Red Curry Sauce
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: 8 dried long red chillies, soaked; 1 red capsicum, roughly chopped; 2 stalks lemongrass, tender centre; 30 g fresh ginger; 4 cloves garlic; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 2 tsp ground coriander; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 400 ml full-fat coconut milk; 2 tbsp lime juice

Deep red curry sauce made from soaked chillies, aromatics and coconut milk, with warmth rather than bottled sweetness.

Prep18 mins

Cook12 mins

Serves6

DifficultyEasy

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Deep red curry sauce with visible chilli and spice texture — **TooGut pick**Flexible, practical, genuinely delicious.

Dried chillies bring colour and depth; fresh capsicum softens the heat without adding refined sugar. Fry the paste until it smells rounded, not raw.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves6

Red curry sauce

8 dried long red chillies, soaked
1 red capsicum, roughly chopped
2 stalkslemongrass, tender centre
30 gfresh ginger
4 clovesgarlic
1 tspsmoked paprika
2 tspground coriander
2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
400 mlfull-fat coconut milk
2 tbsplime juice

One step at a time

Let’s cook.

Tick each step as you go. Built-in timers keep the important moments close.

Make the red paste

Drain chillies and blend with capsicum, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, paprika, coriander and oil into a coarse paste.

Fry until brick red

Cook paste over medium heat for 6 minutes, scraping often, until deep red and fragrant.

Simmer gently

Add coconut milk and 100 ml water. Simmer for 8 minutes, then season with lime and salt.

Match it to dinner

Use with chicken, duck, fish, tofu or vegetables. Freeze in 250 ml portions for fast dinners.

Per serve, estimate · Metric

Nutrition snapshot

Energy610 kJ

Protein2 g

Carbohydrate7 g

Fibre2 g

Fat13 g

Approximate only. Values change with brands, portions and selected swaps.

Set yourself up

Equipment

✓ Blender
✓ Medium saucepan
✓ Storage jars

Whole-Food Thai Red Curry Sauce

Ingredients

Red curry sauce

Let’s cook.

Make the red paste

Fry until brick red

Simmer gently

Match it to dinner

Nutrition snapshot

Equipment

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