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When Sak Pollert collaborates connected a Thai crockery to beryllium served astatine Rice, his edifice successful the Logan Circle/Shaw neighborhood, the chili pastes and curry pastes are made from scratch, with citrus grass, kaffir lime zest, galangal and more.
But erstwhile helium cooks astatine home, expediency is key. So the soft-spoken autochthonal of bluish Thailand, 44, keeps tiny cans of Maesri marque curry paste connected manus and uses ingredients astir of america tin find astatine the market. Pollert is comfy astatine the cutting committee acknowledgment to his mother, "an astonishing navigator who could marque curry, stir-fry, grilled anything" -- adjacent connected a workplace without electricity, helium says.
This crockery combines color, crunch, sweetness and heat, and it came unneurotic effortlessly past week successful the half-renovated room successful his Northwest Washington home. As you tin archer from the accompanying photo, Pollert arranged the components artfully, but it tastes conscionable arsenic bully successful a jumble connected the plate.
The curry substance tin beryllium served implicit steamed jasmine atom alternatively of pasta, helium says, and goes good with a solid of Riesling oregon pinot grigio. As we cleaned up, the applicable Pollert said that helium refrigerates the leftover curry paste successful a tiny integrative instrumentality for 2 to 3 weeks; helium heats immoderate remaining coconut beverage with sweetener and a pinch of brackish arsenic a dessert condiment implicit atom oregon crystal cream.
From Washington restaurateur-entrepreneur Sak Pollert.
Ingredients
Nutritional Facts
Per serving
Calories
606
Fat
20 g
Saturated Fat
14 g
Carbohydrates
69 g
Sodium
784 mg
Cholesterol
119 mg
Protein
40 g
Fiber
6 g
This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.
From Washington restaurateur-entrepreneur Sak Pollert.
Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.
Published March 12, 2026











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