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Thai sour curry paste

Thai sour curry paste is a chili-based aromatic paste used to make sour Thai curries, especially fish and vegetable curries.

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About Thai sour curry paste

Thai sour curry paste is a chilli-based aromatic paste used as the flavour base for Thai sour curries, including versions with fish and vegetables. It is prepared as a ground paste rather than a ready-made sour sauce, and is stirred into water, stock, or another curry liquid with the main ingredients.

The paste is typically moist, strongly aromatic, and red to orange-red, with heat and savoury intensity that vary by formulation. The finished curry’s sour character may come from additional souring ingredients used during cooking, so the paste itself should not automatically be treated as sour.

It may be sold freshly pounded, refrigerated, frozen, or commercially packed. Its ground form disperses through curry liquid during cooking, while product-specific ingredients and processing affect the paste’s colour, aroma, heat, and thickness.

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Thai sour curry paste

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Thai sour curry paste nutrition & diet

Thai sour curry paste nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Sauce, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
116kcal
Protein
1.6g
Carbs
25.9g
Fat
0.4g

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Portions & preparation

Match the exact Thai sour curry paste recipe or brand and serving, because chilli, aromatics, salt, and animal-derived seasonings may vary. Distinguish paste used for seasoning from sour curry prepared with fish, vegetables, seafood, broth, sugar, or other ingredients, which changes the reference food and portion.

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Diet considerations

Thai sour curry paste is a blended ingredient; its chilli and aromatic components do not establish compatibility. Fish sauce, shrimp, fish, meat, dairy, or cereal ingredients may be added, especially in prepared curries. Assess the label or recipe, then consider the complete dish, including vegetables, rice, noodles, and portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Depends on the version
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Shrimp Paste. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Shrimp Paste. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Shrimp Paste. Recorded common ingredients: Shrimp. This profile identifies shellfish, which does not meet the kosher fish criteria. Recipes and products can differ. Recipes and products can differ.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.9.3.9_98 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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