Thai Chicken Curry

Thai curries, of which there are several types—yellow, red, green, and mussaman—are actually pastes traditionally made by grinding herbs and aromatic ingredients in a mortar. A food processor can be used instead, but it won’t make a smooth enough paste, so you have to strain the mixture before you use it. You can buy premade Thai curry pastes, but they never have the same flavor as freshly made ones.

A variety of flavor-packed ingredients go into Thai curry pastes, including cilantr