Which cuisines do you feel have the best, spiciest curries?
I’m currently enjoying a lovely dried red Thai chile curry for dinner 🖤
by painsomniac
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sakamake
In my experience, Thai and Indian restaurants are the ones most likely to exceed expectations on spice. I’ve had some great spicy food at Szechuan places too though.
AdPerfect69
I prefer Thai because I like the soupier version, but Indian bangs too.
Cambodian food can be pretty spicy depending on the region.
EldritchCuisine
Malay Rendang is my favorite spicy curry. It combines the best of Thai coconut and Indian vindaloo. I make it every 3 weeks and blow through 30-40 bird’s eye chili peppers for each batch. It freezes beautifully and is the king of curries for me. But that’s just me. It’s nice to know what you like, and I like beef or tofu rendang.
Burgundy_Starfish
Def not the spiciest (although it can be quite spicy) but rn my favorite is Malay….. so hard to choose. Last week it was Indian lmfao
somnab
Thai for sure, but not like the curry shown on the photo, as it has coconut milk. Indian curries if I cook them myself, as I find many restaurants use too much ghee, which makes them taste less spicy.
Mister-Lavender
Thai gaeng tai pla is one of the spiciest foods I’ve ever consumed. I was once in canteen in Thailand, and the guy behind the counter actually told me “You shouldn’t eat this!”
perceydavis
A Malaysian Laska with copious amounts of chilli oil excited me most.
edubkendo
I deeply love Pakistani Karahi chicken. The recipe I follow uses Kashmiri chilli powder, cayenne and loads of serranos and it’s so spicy and tasty.
xneurianx
I’m English, so I’m a sucker for Anglo-Indian curries, and a lot of those are just hot for the sake of it. The anglicised Vindaloo is notorious, but Phall – which is a dish from Birmingham UK – is also extremely hot. So is the Naga. Can’t really work out where Naga is from originally though.
Hottest thai curry I’ve had is jungle curry (Kaeng Pa), which was pretty pokey, but nothing on a Phall.
Thing is, curry heat varies from region to region and restaurant to restaurant. I’ve had multiple different restaurants in multiple countries (UK, France, USA, Spain, Thailand itself) serve me ‘thai hot’ food and it’s been hugely varied. The hottest thai dishes I’ve had are stir fries. By a long way. The curries always just seem a bit milder.
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In my experience, Thai and Indian restaurants are the ones most likely to exceed expectations on spice. I’ve had some great spicy food at Szechuan places too though.
I prefer Thai because I like the soupier version, but Indian bangs too.
Haven’t met a curry yet that I’d kick out of bed.
Indian Vindaloo of course.
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Gotta try Sri Lankan 😉
Cambodian food can be pretty spicy depending on the region.
Malay Rendang is my favorite spicy curry. It combines the best of Thai coconut and Indian vindaloo. I make it every 3 weeks and blow through 30-40 bird’s eye chili peppers for each batch. It freezes beautifully and is the king of curries for me. But that’s just me. It’s nice to know what you like, and I like beef or tofu rendang.
Def not the spiciest (although it can be quite spicy) but rn my favorite is Malay….. so hard to choose. Last week it was Indian lmfao
Thai for sure, but not like the curry shown on the photo, as it has coconut milk. Indian curries if I cook them myself, as I find many restaurants use too much ghee, which makes them taste less spicy.
Thai gaeng tai pla is one of the spiciest foods I’ve ever consumed. I was once in canteen in Thailand, and the guy behind the counter actually told me “You shouldn’t eat this!”
A Malaysian Laska with copious amounts of chilli oil excited me most.
I deeply love Pakistani Karahi chicken. The recipe I follow uses Kashmiri chilli powder, cayenne and loads of serranos and it’s so spicy and tasty.
I’m English, so I’m a sucker for Anglo-Indian curries, and a lot of those are just hot for the sake of it. The anglicised Vindaloo is notorious, but Phall – which is a dish from Birmingham UK – is also extremely hot. So is the Naga. Can’t really work out where Naga is from originally though.
Hottest thai curry I’ve had is jungle curry (Kaeng Pa), which was pretty pokey, but nothing on a Phall.
Thing is, curry heat varies from region to region and restaurant to restaurant. I’ve had multiple different restaurants in multiple countries (UK, France, USA, Spain, Thailand itself) serve me ‘thai hot’ food and it’s been hugely varied. The hottest thai dishes I’ve had are stir fries. By a long way. The curries always just seem a bit milder.