Thai Veg Curry - sour smell

funkey_monkey

Hi,

I've cooked a Thai veg curry with freshly bought ingredients and there is an awful sour smell from it.

The ingredients freshly bought were:

• butternut
• peppers
• onions
• sweet potato
• broccoli
• cauliflower
• tesco thai red curry paste
• creamed coconut
• coconut milk

I've made this numerous times before with no issues. However, I can only think that one of two things happened - the coconut milk (canned) was off somehow - or I added the creamed coconut too late to the mixture and it didn't get blended in correctly and 'went off' overnight before I packed it for the freezer.

Which is more likely?
A bit irritated as the ingredients were expensive enough.

jcorr

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Hi,

I've cooked a Thai veg curry with freshly bought ingredients and there is an awful sour smell from it.

The ingredients freshly bought were:

• butternut
• peppers
• onions
• sweet potato
• broccoli
• cauliflower
• tesco thai red curry paste
• creamed coconut
• coconut milk

I've made this numerous times before with no issues. However, I can only think that one of two things happened - the coconut milk (canned) was off somehow - or I added the creamed coconut too late to the mixture and it didn't get blended in correctly and 'went off' overnight before I packed it for the freezer.

Which is more likely?
A bit irritated as the ingredients were expensive enough.

It's Probably the coconut milk, but sometimes those Tesco jars can be awful quality. I use the blue dragon brand and mix it with Normal milk. Turns out ok most of the time.

funkey_monkey

jcorr wrote: »

It's Probably the coconut milk, but sometimes those Tesco jars can be awful quality. I use the blue dragon brand and mix it with Normal milk. Turns out ok most of the time.

Funny that. I checked the Tesco website and the paste had a 2 star review. It was a different one to what I usually use.

CJhaughey

It might be the nam pla smell, its a common ingredient in many Thai curries, check if it has it in the ingredients?

funkey_monkey

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/299624478

INGREDIENTS: Water, Onion, Red Pepper (12%), Lemongrass (5%), Red Chilli (5%), Garlic Purée, Modified Maize Starch, Kaffir Lime Leaf (3%), Tamarind Concentrate, Ground Coriander, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Chilli Powder, Sugar, Coriander, Colour (Paprika Extract), Potassium Chloride, Flavouring, Maltodextrin.