Mae Ploy Massaman Curry paste 400 g

✨ Mae Ploy Massaman Curry Paste for rich, gentle Thai-style curries

Massaman (Matsaman) curry is known for its warm, mellow spice profile and comforting, slow-cooked character. This curry paste helps you build that rounded, aromatic base quickly—especially good with beef, as the flavours deepen beautifully as it simmers.

Use it as your starting point for a creamy coconut curry with potatoes, onions, and your choice of protein. It’s also a handy shortcut for turning weeknight ingredients into a fragrant curry that tastes like it’s been cooking longer than it has.

✅ Key features

• Creates a rich, rounded curry base with gentle heat and warm spice notes
• Ideal for slow-simmered dishes—flavour develops well with beef and other hearty proteins
• Convenient 400 g size for multiple meals or batch cooking and freezing in portions
• Easy to customise: adjust intensity by adding paste gradually and balancing with coconut milk, stock, or water
• Works beyond curry: a spoonful can season soups, stews, or roasted vegetables for a Thai-inspired twist

🍽️ How to use

• For classic Massaman: fry a little paste in oil, add coconut milk, then simmer with beef, potatoes, and onions until tender
• Make a quick vegetarian version with potatoes, carrots, chickpeas, or tofu, finished with a squeeze of lime for brightness
• Stir a small amount into coconut soup or pumpkin soup to add depth without making it overly spicy
• Use as a marinade base for beef or chicken before grilling or oven-roasting, then serve with steamed rice
• Meal-prep tip: portion leftover paste into an ice-cube tray and freeze for fast weeknight curries

👩‍🍳 Try our original recipes

• Spinach & Potato Curry with Steamed Rice (Easy One-Pot Curry Paste Method)
  This spinach and potato curry is a comforting, meat-free dinner built around a simple curry paste base.
• Madras Curry (Spicy South-Indian–Style Curry) – Easy Home Recipe
  Madras curry is known for its deep colour, bold aroma and a confident chilli kick.
• Beef Rendang Curry (Indonesian Slow-Cooked Coconut & Spice Stew)
  Rendang is Indonesia’s famous slow-cooked beef cooked down in coconut milk, aromatics, and warm spices until the sauce turns deeply concentrated and clings to every piece.

🧾 Ingredients

dried red chili, lemon grass, garlic, shallots, salt, galangal, SHRIMP paste (SHRIMPS, salt), coriander seeds, cumin, kaffir lime peel, nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg. This product may contain FISH.

🧾 Allergens

Shrimp

🧾 Nutrition facts

​​in 100g

Energy (kJ) - 595 kJ

Energy (kcal) - 141 kcal

Fats - 2.2 g of which saturated 0.4 g

Carbohydrates - 24 g of which sugars 3.8 g

Protein - 6 g

Salt - 14 g

✨ Final touch

Did you know Massaman curry is often described as one of Thailand’s milder, richer curries, making it a popular choice for slow-cooked beef dishes?