Which is hotter?

[nickymanley]

Which is hotter - green or red thai curry?

[subsub]

Neither - just depends if the sauce/paste is made with red or green chillies.

[natalie_1982]

I've only had green thai curry out of a jar so don't know what it's really like, but Saturday night went out for a meal and tried Red Beef Thai curry, I wouldn't say it was hot but was very strong and the flavours too overpowering for me.  It's not spicy in the hot sense, but had lots of ginger and lemongrass (which I'm not a big fan of anyway) but was very creamy.  I don't think Green curry is that hot, but then, like I say, I have only tried the jars.  Hope this helps.

[chazza]

Green is the hottest, then yellow is next and red is the mildest!

[hannahjo]

No way! Yellow is the mildest! I always thought red was the hottest�

The sauces from jars generally aren�t that hot, and a lot of Thai restaurants over here tone the curries down to suit the typical Brits wimpy palette! I�ve had both green and yellow curry in Thailand and the yellow was quite rich and creamy, but the green had me physically sweating it was that hot!!!

[nickymanley]

Thanks guys, I always thought green was meant to be the hottest (everyone thinks it should be red - which would make more sense!) - I just wanted to check as I am going to a thai restaurant tomorrow night, wanted to try a thai curry but didn't want to have my head blown off!!!!

[chazza]

If you aren't sure, read the back of tins in supermarkets from the same range, this will tell you which is hottest!

[LordyGeordie]

as sub sub said, neither is hotter it is just one uses red chillis and the other green chillis (yellow curries use yellow chillies!). the difference is in taste. a red chilli is sweeter and not as sour as a green chilli - think red peppers and green peppers.

how hot the curry is depends on how much chilli is in there. very often in thai restaurants if you explain you don't like it too hot they will not as add as much chilli