An authentic Thai meal in under 30 minutes? Using the Thai Curry Company’s Red Curry Kit I did just that!

Open the box and out spills all you need - a little pack of spices (watch them chillies!), a sachet of coconut powder, curry paste… just add water, some chicken pieces and green beans for an authentic Thai meal. Serve with rice and/or a little omlet also spiced using the kits curry paste. Excellent and highly recommended for £3.29.

The kits are available online from the Chantra Authentic Thai Curry Company.

The company was set up in 2008 by Sheffield chemistry student, Joe White and his Thai girlfriend (now wife), Cherry. Joe, a very keen climber had fallen in love with Thailand, its people and its food on the many climbing trips he undertook in that beautiful part of the world. After Joe and Cherry got married, Joe went to live in Thailand to be with Cherry whilst she finished at medical school and, with the whole Thai family involved, decided to start the Thai Curry Company. The Thai curry company is all about authenticity. Eating a meal from a Thai curry kit is exactly the same experience as eating in a Thai family home, in fact the recipes for the red and green curries came from Cherry’s family.

If you are after a wine to accompany a chicken version of the red curry you could do worse than the Australian Stump Jump!