My older brother was a head chef for years, whereas I am a completely novice home cook. He made a Thai Green Curry for dinner one day when I was visiting and I was blown away. He used the mae ploy paste and wrote me a recipe I could confidently do myself when at home. he passed away a few years back but I still have his handwritten recipe framed in my kitchen and make it every few months. My supermarket stopped carrying Mae Ploy a few years back so I have to travel a bit further to get it, but i'll never use anything else.

@PartlySunny74

5 күн бұрын

Framing your loved ones recipe and displaying it is lovely. ❤❤❤

@happycook6737

3 күн бұрын

Agree 100% Mae Ploy all the way. Sorry for your tremendous loss. 😭💐🙏

I've half convinced myself that the thai kitchen brand single-handedly convinces people they can't make good thai food at home

@PailinsKitchen

14 күн бұрын

I think you're right.

@willcookmakeup

10 күн бұрын

Yeah it seems like they just throw ingredients into a big vat and then immediately bottle them without simmering, blooming spices, or reducing anything. Terrible brand

@kealiiballao

4 күн бұрын

i used to buy thai kitchen brand, but noticed i had to practically use the whole jar because i couldn’t taste the curry. now i know its not just me.

@fredfirth3834

20 сағат бұрын

For a long time where I lived it was all you could find. Once I found a good Asian market, though, I was happy to find Mae Ploy and Maesri, as not only were they better, but the price for what you get is more economical.

@deusredux

6 сағат бұрын

Maybe it’s a conspiracy to drive people to Thai restaurants instead of cooking at home /s

The three chili warning on Thai Kitchen is like how Superstore labels their “hot peppers” as very spicy, but then I take a bite and it’s like I have a long and skinny red bell pepper.🙄

@ceciliacruz7804

16 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@lindas.8036

16 күн бұрын

Anyone else have a problem with jalopenos being "nadapenos"? Lately, maybe the last year or so, grocery stores, mostly Safeway, but others as well, have NO heat! I asked them how they order, and they order jalopenos, but end up getting no-heat nadapenos. AARGH!

@LePetitNuageGris

15 күн бұрын

@@lindas.8036 Yeah, it happens sometimes. It’s a little crappy, but sometime peppers can be like that. Like the Korean green chilis; sometimes they’re spicy, and sometimes you bite into one expecting pain, but all you get is a sweet chili flavour. Lol

@alorachan

15 күн бұрын

So freakin' accurate. I watched the red curry paste video and I can't handle a ton of spice, so I still thought "ok well, I'll try Thai Kitchen's red curry paste".... NO spice at all, barely ANY flavor. My god it's such a disappointment. That chili warning is such a lie. Taco Bell's mild sauce is spicier. Feels like such major false advertising lol

@LePetitNuageGris

15 күн бұрын

@@alorachan Lmao damn. You know you failed when you’ve been beat by Taco Bell, of all places. Thanks for sharing. It was hilarious. Lol

Kaan, do you want green curry? Noooo!

@tsuribachi

16 күн бұрын

Such Rejection!!

@yoloyellowjello

15 күн бұрын

So cute he understands Thai

@michaelmckinley6510

14 күн бұрын

I loved that too!

@nadinehulle9938

9 күн бұрын

😂😂😂❤

I always use Aroy-D but mostly because it's the only available one here (Norway) that's actually real Thai

@hannahsssooo

16 күн бұрын

We should ask our local asian store clerks if they can take in Mae Ploy!

@Almandeen

16 күн бұрын

Same in Denmark

@akraen1858

16 күн бұрын

I tried Maesri from the shop in Moa (Ålesund) and enjoyed it, but still preferred Aroy-D (more affordable, too). It would be cool if we could get Mae Ploy or Lobo!

@stayhappy9324

16 күн бұрын

Aroy D is Real Thai ? I didn't know ❤

@WombatBrunft

15 күн бұрын

Same in Germany, even in most Asian Supermarkets. Common Markets have Thai Kitchen and sometimes Aroy-D, most Thai Restaurants (where you can see the kitchen) also use Aroy-D here.

I luv your reviews, honest and without paid sponsor. I really appreciate that. Thank you very much.

"most people are not cooking from backs of packages" I actually first learned to cook from the back of a Mae Ploy package 😂

@peetiegonzalez1845

16 күн бұрын

lmao. Me too. 30 years ago.

@Nocturne22

15 күн бұрын

@@peetiegonzalez1845 I was gonna say: that's something people did in the 80/90's!

@PailinsKitchen

14 күн бұрын

We all start somewhere, and the back of a package is the most obvious place ;)

@peetiegonzalez1845

14 күн бұрын

@@PailinsKitchen Especially back in the pre-internet pre-Hot-Thai-Kitchen days!

My wife likes Mae Ploy and I like Aroy-D. We buy both brands and we use them alternatively in our cooking. For Red Curry and Green Curry we use both Aroy-D and Mae Ploy respectively.

Omg, I was hoping and wishing you’d make one about green curry paste… you did! We love you Khun Pai!!

Perfect timing. I've been on a liquid diet for nearly a month due to surgery and craving Thai curry. I have a can of green Maesri in the pantry and since I can't yet have real solids I planned to make a green curry gravy and rice. Glad to find this brand did better in the green than the red. I really appreciate your videos on these products, Pailin. They are so useful. I have a Zogarushi rice cooker now and LOVE it.

Sneaking past the camera! lol, Great video, Thanks for this.

Im based in BKK and if you can get hold of the Lobo brand Thai Green Curry Paste, thats great too but luckily local markets have their own hand made pastes you can buy by the 100g. Fun fact, due to the eae and quality of pastes hardly anyone make their own anymore.

@raisedfromperdition2x919

16 күн бұрын

Yes Lobo is very good and affordable. It’s on Amazon here, in Florida.

@marissadanielle2469

15 күн бұрын

I’m partial to the Blue Elephant cooking school paste available at Tops! Not the cheapest but there’s no shrimp and its pretty tasty 😀

Thanks for including the Lobo mention at the end... it's a nice option here in Europe because it's one of very few brands who has smaller portions of paste (for when you just want to taste test them or simply don't need a whole tub).

I’m not surprised the green curry video is your most popular. It was how I discovered your channel and website and I literally watch it every time I’m about to make a quick green curry 😂

Have been going back to your videos in the past 6 months (recent discovery), and just ordered your latest cookbook!

Lmaooo the clip of the little boy saying “no” to the green curry haha

@reo0008

16 күн бұрын

Kaan is her son haha

@CharlieCabralos

14 күн бұрын

@@reo0008 Oh shoot lmao thank you

I feel happy with the winner. Makes me feel better 😂 MP really is the best. Also they now offer vegan pastes without the shrimp. They sell them at my Asian market.

@PailinsKitchen

14 күн бұрын

Oh good to know! Haven't seen it here.

So you just confirmed what I already knew. It was fascinating to see everybody’s reactions. This makes me want to make some green curry for dinner tonight!

I love Mae Ploy, having discovered it via Pailin's Red Curry comparison, and cannot recommend this brand highly enough for producing a really decent Thai curry very quickly at home. I have the Red, Green, Panang and Massaman pastes in my fridge (I'm less keen on yellow curry), and it means a restaurant quality Thai curry for me at least once a week. Absolute pantry/fridge treasure!

These taste tests are always so fun, excited for a new one!

Happy to see that my two favorites are your faves as well. I always try to use Mae Ploy or Aroy-d and love them both

Been a while since I’ve seen your posts. Nice to see your circle of friends and family!

Great video. Thanks for spending time on this. I found this and your red curry paste tests very helpful.

Makes sense that Mae Ploy won. Here in Seattle every Thai restaurant uses that brand. I use it when I’m really craving green curry, but I use much more than recommended. Unfortunately, it’s still not even close to the fresh paste in Thailand. Then again, nothing ever is.

@friendosal6017

16 күн бұрын

I use much more than recommended, too! I may use a tissue to wipe my eyes, but it is soooo worth it :)

@Gigi-fv9ky

15 күн бұрын

I always use way more, too. 😂

@ChiliCrisp88

14 күн бұрын

How much more do you use?

@friendosal6017

14 күн бұрын

@@ChiliCrisp88 About 1 1/2x the recommended amount. I think when Thai restaurants ask for preferred spiciness, the recommended amount is "medium" and I'd imagine they adjust up and down from there. 50% more makes it "hot," yet not inedible

@friendosal6017

14 күн бұрын

p.s., with more paste, there is also more flavor from the aromatics - not just heat. I am a nerd and keep galangal, lemongrass stalks and chilis in the freezer. If you are making this for friends or family who have different tolerances for heat/spiciness, I'd advise to add more aromatics if you have them, plus a bit more sweet (1t cane or brown sugar), a bit more umami (about 1 t fish sauce or 1 t soy) and then offer thinly sliced chilies as an optional garnish for the heat-seekers :)

Im so glad you made a green curry version after the red curry version! I loved the red curry brand you recommended so im sure i will also try the green curry 💚 Thank you!

Such a great taste test, Pai. Thanks so much for both red & green tests!

Wow. That is quite a thorough taste test. Most folks would just make sauce. But this way is much more meaningful. Best taste testing I’ve ever seen on KZread. Watching for 10+ years. 💁🏻‍♀️

your face when smelling the Thai Kitchen from McCormmick was PRICELESS!!!! I'm glad you did this video as Green Curry Chicken is MY FAVE!!!

So excited to see you with J. Kenji Alt at the Town Hall in Seattle on May 9th!

@PailinsKitchen

14 күн бұрын

Yay! See you soon!

Thai food is my MOST favorite! So happy I've found you!! Thanks for all your teaching 😀

I really appreciate your effort to do this in such a properly scientific and objective method

Amazing testing and reviews, thank you!

Thanks for doing this, as I have bought different brands to notice the obvious difference. Some have been truly disappointing.

Really like that you showed how you made the recipe. 👍 In England we've also got a few other brands, tried quite a few, but the Mae Ploy has ended up being my favourite red or green paste. At first I could only get it from a Thai shop, but now many of the main supermarkets seem to have it.

thank you for the time to do this...helps a lot for me...I have tried "Thai" brand, but the small tin, is usually my go-to, but I will try #1 and #2, if I find them. thanks again!

Very thorough and informative comparison !

Great video! I’ve been using Maesri lately because I love that I can use the entire can without having any leftover to take up precious fridge space…but maybe I need to go back to Mae Ploy!

Pailin! I stumbled upon this channel about six years ago with your green curry video, and your recommendation for Mae Ploy set me on the right direction. Personally I prefer it over Maesri, though often end up purchasing Maesri because it comes in a smaller quantity and can be cheaper for my budget. As a westerner who doesn’t do a ton of Thai cooking (though I LOVE it), it helps to get the shrimp paste from Mae Ploy in the package.

Thanks for the taste test. It is super helpful for people like me not familiar with Thai cuisine who want to expand their horizons. BTW I found LoBo on Amazon.

Extremely helpful! Thank you!!

Mae Ploy is always my go to brand...as always, love your videos and thank you for making the comparision for us.

I'm here bc of the title and the pics. Great content!!!

Love that you do these taste test Pailin, it's so important to understand brands and which is best. It would also be appreciated if you could tell us, how long they last, especially after opening. I hope you continue and Thank you to you, your friends and family.👍❤️

@otakugamer6657

16 күн бұрын

I bought a tub of Mae Ploys red curry paste and it states that it lasts for a whole year as long as you refrigerate it after opening. I hope that helps 😊

@bkm2797

16 күн бұрын

otakugamer6657 Thank you!

Mae Ploy paste is always a winner in Poland and UK. I love red curry, and cooked it on my few visits back home in Poland. On the other hand I’m glad that one of the stores in Poland, is selling Aroy-D coconut milk, which I’m finding the best to cook curries. I love your channel, and thank you so much for sharing your hints and opinions😀 In two weeks I’m hoping to have some red curry in Scotland. Cooked and adapted by my friend. She’ll be using Mae Ploy Red Curry Paste of course. I’m just bringing my companion and a palm sugar. Imported from Thailand 😀 All the best Pailin and waiting for more hint 😀

I bought Mae Ploy from a local supermarket and it’s cheaper than Asian stores! It’s amazing and I love the flavour - it is a bit salty imo so make sure don’t add too much fish sauce.

Be interesting to have a second switch around before the rice test 👍 💕

Im so glad mae ploy came out as the best, as this is the only one I can get hold of in the uk - and I’ve always loved it .

From the UK and have fond memories of having to take a two hour train day trip to London to buy Thai curry pastes or sauces like sweet chilli. This was 30 years ago but Mae ploy or Aroy d were always the choices for an aroy dinner.

Thanks for the great video and Happy Birthday to who ever.

In the mid 2000s in the UK as a student from Sri Lanka I couldn’t make proper Sri Lankan curry. So I depended on Mploy green curry paste as it gives similar levels of spice and fuller body coconut milk curry, we also love coconut milk curry’s over others. It was expensive the curry can as a student but I loved this brand. I miss those days but can’t find it in SL Mploy. As making green curry from scratch is very time consuming.

Outstanding presentation !

Auntie's hubby is cuuuuuuute! Great job on this, Pailin! ❤

I have used Thai Kitchen as it is the most readily available, but I switched to Aroy-D even before I saw your taste test for the red curry pastes. I have been on the look out for Mae Ploy as I really want to see the difference! I may do my own little taste test as I have some Thai Kitchen green curry paste still 😄 Thank you so much for your videos!

I love this video! Loved the red curry testing one too. I don't eat meat so I would go with one of the veg options. I felt very proud that I had accidentally chosen Aroyo-D at the Asian store near me. I have had Maersi too but returned to Aroyo-D for red and then picked it for green after tour red curry testing video. I know that took a lot of time and work to make all of that delicious food. I've made many of your recipes and adapted them to tofu etc and they are always so yummy. I live in Alabama and have a few Asian shopping options locally. I love to experiment and try new to me flavors. Thanks for your hard work!

That twist! Thank you, I buy products based on your recommendations!

I became a Mae Ploy lifer after I found out that it's a popular choice for Thai restaurants here in California. This video confirms it's the right choice! 😊

I am lucky, because I have an international grocer close by (Global Foods in greater STL). I can get galangal, lemongrass, cane sugar pucks, Thai basil, a zillion kinds of Asian eggplant, fish sauce, etc. I have used your recipe for homemade green curry paste and it's an all-afternoon adventure. It is fun and meditative, yet the prepared curry pastes are such excellent shortcuts. I just checked and have about 2T left of Mae Ploy in my fridge... it's my favorite, too. I always keep some galangal and lemongrass in the freezer (as well as red and green Thai chilis), so I can adjust to taste. It's amazing to be able to create restaurant-quality curry in your own kitchen. Excellent channel! Great and fun episode.

I love when you do these videos!!

LOVE IT!!!❤👏Well done Pailin! I'm a Mae Ploy curry maker! 😊

I’m glad that Mae Ploy is the kind we have in my normal supermarket here in Sweden. I think my local store has all 4 curry pastes, green, panang, red, and massaman.

@ekaterinaefimova2190

16 күн бұрын

What about yellow curry paste? It's really tasty, my family's favourite)

A Canadian in the southern Philippines and we're able to get Thai Heritage brand( looks similar to Thai Kitchen) it does the trick, but I've just ordered Mae Ploy through Shopee🤞🤞🤞 Love your channel 😍 Keep up the great work

I’ve always only ever bought or Mae Ploy or Aroy D when Mae Ploy wasn’t available, this video has validated my choice there

I loveeeee seeing your friends!!! This is great. Sadly all I can get here is Thai Kitchen, which is why I just made some homemade red curry, sounds like I’m gonna have to do green next 😂

Great video, loved to see many people taste and give their opinion. Only downside? Now I am literally CRAVING green curry!! Luckily, I have a tub of Mae Ploy in my fridge, so it will happen soon :D

I love the scientific approach to this.

👏 Great work! Now I'm looking forward to a yellow paste episode in the future 😆

Last week I bought green Mae Ploy, glad I made a good choice! We are having it for dinner Tuesday.

Excellent - as always 👌

happy friday Pailin😊🎉

I use Mae Ploy that I buy from Amazon since the stores around me in middle Georgia (USA) only sell Thai Kitchen. Coincidentally I’m eating massaman curry watching this made with Mae Ploy. Meanwhile, I just watched one of your older videos that said I’m supposed to store unused paste in the freezer so I just tossed the old green curry paste from Mae Ploy I had sitting in the back of my fridge. 😅 Thanks for the tips!

So glad to see Adam again with his opinions. It makes me feel validated that both East Asian and Western teams agree on the delicious flavours. Honestly, this was a helpful video. Question: If I've made a massive batch of Thai chilli paste, when does the flavour go off/gone?

@PailinsKitchen

14 күн бұрын

It should last a long time in the fridge so I never worry about storage, and you can freeze it.

For any Spain based viewers, Lobo is available in all Chinese supermarkets in Spain, and it’s great in red or green.

I'm confused....where are the eggplant? Great episode! Keep up the great work!

🥹😭🥰 Kaan is all ‘grown up’!!!! Haven’t seen his gorgeous face since he was a wee baby ❤

Finally we see hubby Craig and kiddy Kahn in your video! Lovely! 🤩😘

Thai Kitchen is sweet & bland hot garbage! It's the only Thai curry most US grocery stores carry near me so I make special trips to the Asian markets to get the good stuff. I have been a Mae Ploy fan for decades. Thanks @Pailin'sKitchen for all the great videos! 😀

Excellent comparison. I have a Thai Kitchen red curry in my pantry needing a reason to throw it out, now i have one, thanks! Have been using the Aroy-D curry and coconut milk for a number of years, much better. Thanks!

I think that Mae Ploy came second to Arroy-D is because when you make Green curry for you to eat, instead of making a comparison taste test, you adjust the taste while cooking, so you end up with something you prefer. It would have taken a lot of time, but you could have adjusted the sugar and fish sauce depending on what is already in the curry paste, I was about to ask about Lobo, because I think it is quite common in France (but I don't cook thai food when visiting France :)

Lobo is the most popular brand of Thai paste and seasoning you can find in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) actually, I've been using this for years and it performed well. Another takeaway for me it the package instructions - which was true with what you said in this video - I used your recipe and adjust without really reading into the instructions. Then I did follow through with what the package told me, it was not as good, and it also told me to add things I thought should not have been there. I've bought some paste, made (kinda) fresh from a place called Nittaya Curry in Bangkok - can't wait to try it out and compare with store-bought paste.

That’s so helpful. Thank you ❤

Mae Ploy has been my go to for decades, and our pantry is filled with five or six of them. MaeSri is good also, with a whole different texture and flavor. What I really like was how you took a bit of the coconut milk and cooked it down before adding the paste; that'll be my next try.

Mae ploy is definitely my go to here in the UK, plus it's reasonably priced and readily available in both asian and non-asian supermarkets

This taste test is just sooo satisfying. Now im craving curry 😅

Thank you for doing this Pailin! I wonder if now there will be a shortage of Mae Ploy in international markets! Everybody watching is going to order Mae Ploy and cause a hitch in the supply and they won’t know why all of a sudden the international markets are having shortages! It’s Pailin, she is so influential! We have tasted and cooked or Vice versa, her recipes and are out to buy what she recommends! 😂

Great video. Mae Ploy for me every time!

My favorite is still lobo brand curry paste for both green and red. Lobo is well balanced with salt and spices plus has shrimp undertones. Plus it comes in packets so I don't have to worry about wasting a large tub or forgetting about it in the back of my freezer.

Being house bound I have to do all my shopping online, Mae Ploy is my go to for Green and Massaman (also red paste) I have seen Lobo advertised so will buy it to try out. Thank you xx

I get the tub of Mae Ploy, and keep it in my freezer, since I don't use it every week, but use it before it starts tasting like the fridge. The packaging is super good for freezer storage.

Thank you for sharing ❤

I mainly use Mae Ploy since that's the most available one here in my part of London, glad to see it's a good one

Hi Pai, love your channel. So informative and well presented. I’m in the UK, we get Lobo brand pastes and seasonings, would be great to have a review of the red/green pastes and also the Tom yum , Tom Kai soups. Also love your cook books. Keep up the excellent work. 😊

@blink182izawsm

13 күн бұрын

Ive seen mae ploy in the ethnic section @ sainsburys

The red curry paste video inspired me to stop using Thai Kitchen and to make my own curry paste. My homemade curry paste is 1000% better than Thai Kitchen.

Sawadee Ka PaiLin! How ironic, I brought a Aroy D green curry paste (my first time) and follow your old video of cooking Green curry and I was able to get that slight coconut oil top from the coconut milk… patience 😂!! Got the “green” from mashed a whole bunch of basil and add to the paste! My first time cooking Thai chicken green curry for dinner tonight AroyDee 😂 😋

TO PAILIN: Please make a video that explains the differences between Red, Yellow and Green Curries and how Thai people describe them or may use them or serve them differently (possibly with different meats for color type, etc.). Also note which might be hotter or spicier or other differences. I suggest using same brand (e.g. May Ploy) for all three dishes so there may be some good comparison.

Hope you can do Yellow,Massaman and Paneng curry soon 😊

Love mae ploy - can't go wrong 🤘🏻

The chick sneaking out the back at 15:22 😂😂😂

Interesting experiment. I love curries, both red and green, but more often red. The Thai Kitchen brand is available in my local grocery store, and I have used it before. It is a fine "entry level" condiment but certainly does not have the same depth of flavor as more authentic brands. I have a couple of local Asian markets nearby, so I will search out the top two winners and see for myself. Thanks for sharing.

Where i live, Sweden, there is a huge thai community so we all those + Lobo. I prefer those lobo packages because i can have a variety at home for single use.

Ahhhhh.....i love these taste tests❤😊