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@mk Is green curry especially *hot*? Are you sportive enough so your body can burn away daily noodles w/o getting fat? ;-)
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@kuro yes, green curry is hot, but a different kind of hot than 'yellow' or 'red' curry - it's a different combination of spices. I'm not all that 'sportive', and I don't eat noodles every day, just often. during my recent trip I actually lost weight, but good noodles were hard to find, so I often just had bread for lunch :)
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@mk Do you have knowledge which component makes that curry looking green? Is this component the same that dominates the special taste?
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@kuro well, composition will vary, of course, but I happen to have a tub of (Thai) green curry paste here; ingredients are listed as: Green chilli, lemongrass, garlic, salt, galangal, shrimp paste, kaffir lime peel, coriander seed, pepper, cumin, turmeric. Several of those are green, several (others) are hot, nearly all are aromatic. Also note the absense of curry leaves, which is an important (green) component of many Indian curries.
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@mk thank you, interesting. Green chillies seem to be main component. You are !cooking curries mostly by using tubes? I prefer dried spices.
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@kuro That's another interesting bit: Indian curries mostly come in powder form, but sometimes as a paste. In Indonesia, curries and other 'composed' cooking spices/sauces come mostly as a kind of condensed sauce, but sometimes dried (e.g. satay sauce). In Thailand, curries (red and green) normally come as a thick paste (coconut milk nis an important ingredient to be added). All this may be influenced by which form keeps the flavors best. Not sure about Sri Lanka - @lohang?
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@mk Yes, really interesting differentiated facts for own Asian !Cooking. I'd say Amsterdam has a greater number of import shops than Germany
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@kuro that is, of course, largely due to our colonial past :( but indeed we have a large variety; nearby I have several Turkish supermarkets, several Surinam supermarkets and a Chinese supermarket (selling general Asian stuff in a great variety). And that;s all just within 15 minutes walking distance. But this is Amsterdam... you won't find all that in Baflo. ;)
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@mk Not bad for your urban life quality (" all just within 15 minutes walking distance")! Congrats.
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@kuro it's not the lack of noodles that made me lose weight: I actually ate more than at home, because I simply burned more energy each day since on most days I walked several or even many hours (plus all the crouching, bending and kneeling needed to take photographs) ;)
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@mk You are right. Noodles yes or no is not the decisive question. But if your daily bodily movement is sufficient to burn the input.
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