咖喱酱 (gālíjiàng) · curry paste, curry sauce

Measure Word

一瓶咖喱酱 píng

Meanings

1 curry paste
2 curry sauce

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

A ready-made paste of chili, garlic, shallot, herbs and spices, cooked with meat or vegetables and coconut milk or stock into curries, or used in stir-fries. Thai red and green pastes usually contain shrimp paste, so check the label.

Used in 1 dish

咖喱虾 gālíxiā

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

超市里的咖喱酱分印度和泰国两种。

Chāoshì lǐ de gālíjiàng fēn Yìndù hé Tàiguó liǎng zhǒng.

The curry pastes in the supermarket come in Indian and Thai varieties.

HSK 7-9

加一勺咖喱酱味道更浓。

Jiā yì sháo gālíjiàng wèidào gèng nóng.

Add a spoonful of curry paste and the flavor gets richer.

Tips

usage

咖喱 is a loanword (from Tamil/English "curry"). 酱 covers both thick pastes and sauces; tube or jar product labels use 咖喱酱, while the curry-block cubes are 咖喱块.