Golden Curry Sauce Mix, Medium Hot, 7.8-Ounce (5 Packs)

Now I am about as Caucasian as it gets. I take my mayonnaise with a side of mayo. I was recently introduced to the culinary complexities of Indian cuisine, and I have quickly been enamored with it. This brand came highly recommended so I tried it out. The flavor of this curry can only be described as heavenly. My taste buds were brought to nirvana as they were caressed gingerly with every spoonful. I decided to dip some old-fashioned wonder bread into this curry, and words cannot express how scrumptious this combination is. The sweetness of the white bread alongside the richness of the curry was too much for my body to handle. This gave me such a bad case of the Hershey squirts that turned my toilet bowl into something that best be described as a Salvador Dalí masterpiece. With all this being said it was completely worth it. This food was extremely cheap, easy to make, and it made so much. I made 2 boxes, and it filled almost an entire stock pot. I highly recommend this to everyone, but be forewarned. If you body is not used to spicy food you may suffer the consequences such has I have, but man oh man is it worth it.

Although this reads medium hot, we didn’t feel the heat. But.....it really enhances the flavor. This package contains two packets. A normal size family needs just one but if your having family over, use both. This is the best curry mix you can buy. It’s authentic and full of flavor. If you’ve never used it before, let me help you put. Cut some carrots up and start cooking them in a pan. Add cut up onions, and then your meat (I use steak cut up in small pieces), and then add green beans (I use canned). Add a cup of water and cook, then add the curry mix, add a half cup of water. Mix the curry in the pan and simmer. Make rice, add a generous amount of spice curry to the water before boiling. ( You can take a piece of this curry mix and put it in the pot). Add rice, cook ten minutes. Put the curry rice on the plate and add the curry mix. Holy cow....what a meal! This curry mix is just the best out there. When I lived in a Germany, we ordered this meal at a Restaurant. This tastes just like what they served. This curry is a block like a Hershey bar, and you break it up to make it blend in your pan. The more water in your pan, the more sauce but don’t over do it as it will be too runny. I’ve never met anyone who didn’t love this product. Yes, there are a lot of mixes out there but you are not getting the authentic taste as this gives. It’s the best there is.

I lived in Japan back in the early 1990's and this Golden curry was a weekly meal we enjoyed. Ever since moving back to the states, I've been buying this at the local Asian grocery store, but the prices were always a bit high. Over time it became more popular in the US, and I started seeing it in the local grocery stores, but again, it was even more expensive, so we didn't make it as often as I would have liked. Now, finding it on Amazon, it's the best price I can find, and I don't have to spend gas/time driving down to the Asian store to buy it, it just shows up on my porch, usually within 48 hours or so. Can't beat that! If you haven't tried this curry, I highly recommend it. Also, my wife doesn't like spicy food at all, but she likes the flavor of the green box (medium hot) much better than the mild. it's really not spicy, but has great flavor. Everyone may have different ways of making it, but we typically cube and brown some chicken breast, then add potatoes, carrots, and onions, along with water, and boil until the carrots are soft. Then take the block of curry out of the box and chop it up a bit as this helps it disolve into the nice stew it creates. Add it to the pot with the meat and veggies, and let it simmer a bit, and then serve it with sticky rise (calrose). So good! Be sure to make more than you need so you have extra for lunch the next day at work. :-)

I bought from this specific section for the 8.4 oz packs and wound up getting the 7.8 oz packs instead. A bit angry about this fact, but there's no real point in returning them now. If you're just buying them generally, then it's not a problem I suppose. The flavor is good and the instructions are fairly clear. My complaint comes from the grocer I use always packing their pork btween 1.5 and 1.9 lbs, so the smaller packs are too small for that (I wind up with more ingredients than sauce). I was planning to use half the 8.4 oz packs since those are meant for 3 lb worth of meat, but the 7.8 are for 2lb, so I can't do half on that either without it being the same problem as before. The product itself is perfectly fine. Its spiciness is at a tolerable level for someone who doesn't particularly like spicy food, but it's not so low in spice that it lacks flavor. The 5 stars are FOR THE PRODUCT BEING AWESOME. The major issue is that the sellers need to make sure they're sending the PROPER SIZE packs when they do send it. You might not think there's a difference with just half an oz if you're just tossing things in, but that's an extra bit of -curry spice- which equates to a lot more resulting sauce.

I frequently ate this in Japan 40 years ago. So great that I can get it on Amazon now. My family loves it. It's a regular dinner these days.