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The ingredient list says "SPICES". Wouldn't that be a blanket term for all the various spices that compose curry?

• namelost 9y ago
  Kind of. Unlike Indian curries, Thai curries traditionally don't use dried species very much preferring a paste of fresh ingredients, usually chilies, onion, garlic, galangal, shrimp paste, etc, and then fry in coconut milk. In this case it's a yellow curry. Some Thai curries are yellow, but usually "yellow curry" means a Malay-style curry. In a Malay-style curry, the shrimp paste is not necessary and more dried spices are used, particularly turmeric which gives it the yellow colour. The only suspect thing on this label is <2% chilies!
  • joezydeco 9y ago
    2% by volume. How many grams of chiles are necessary for a 312g portion to make it real? If it's more than 6.25 grams than sure, it's cheap curry sauce. But it's Trader Joe's - so it's already cheap curry sauce.
• munchbunny 9y ago
  Yes. Specifically, cumin plus tumeric makes the basic curry flavor. After that, you add all sorts of things depending on culture, cuisine, recipe, etc.