How do you make Thai coconut curry sweet?

Question

I love Thai coconut curry and have been trying to make the kind I get in restaurants at home. I have gone to several Asian speciality stores and bought different curries. Every time I make it with coconut milk, it is never sweet like what I get at the restaurants. I have read a few recipes where they recommend you add brown sugar, is that the trick? Or is it because I have just been using the wrong kind of curries. I got a curry from a Thai website that specializes in curry so hopefully that is the one I need to make it spicy and sweet.

Answer 1

I wouldnt add the fruit. I am half Thai, and my mother owned her own Thai restaurant.

Add either palm sugar or sugar to sweeten. But the best way is to taste, don't add alot at once.

The only time I would add fruit is if it was a shrimp and pineapple curry.

Also, remember there is yellow curry, green curry, panang curry, massaman curry, red curry..and the list goes on. I can help more if I knew what type of curry your making.

Also use the chao koh coconut milk.

Answer 2

cane sugar or brown sugar would help, and a very small amount of salt.

You can also try adding fresh and dried fruits.