Jungle Curry Paste

I learned about the different kinds of curry paste when I attended the Thai Cooking School at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok about ten years ago. The Thais classify their curries under two main headings: ‘city’ and ‘jungle’. The conclusion that I drew for myself was that jungle curry paste, whether red, green or yellow, should be stronger than that for city curry. On my most recent visit to Thailand, I stopped at the Regent Resort in Chiang Mai and ate a really spicy and chilli-hot curry of