Mae Jum Pad Thai Paste brings Thailand's most recognized street food dish to your kitchen, and makes one of the hardest dishes to replicate at home easy to get right. Great pad thai depends on the balance of sweet, savory and tangy, with a wok-charred depth beneath it all. This paste gives you that foundation.
Toss it through stir-fried rice noodles with your choice of chicken, shrimp, tofu or egg, and the paste becomes a rich pad thai sauce that coats every strand. Finish with crushed peanuts, a squeeze of lime and fresh bean sprouts, and your homemade pad thai tastes like it came from a Bangkok street stall. An easy pad thai recipe is included.
The paste has no added sugar or fish sauce, so you control the final balance. Stir in a little palm sugar for the gentle, caramel-like sweetness pad thai is known for, or use light brown sugar if you can't find palm sugar. Then season with fish sauce or soy sauce to taste. For a vegan pad thai, use tofu and soy sauce, and skip the egg.
Jum's recipe comes from her family in Trang province, southern Thailand. The herbs are freshly harvested and stone-ground the traditional way, the same method Jum learned from a young age. Nothing added, no shortcuts. Because there's no fish sauce in the paste, you season it your way, with fish sauce, soy sauce or a pinch of salt.
71g | Mild Heat (1/5) | Vegan | Gluten Free | No Added Sugar | Stone Ground | 100% Natural
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Authenticity in Every Pack
At Mae Jum, we believe in bringing the true flavors of Thailand to your kitchen. Each pack is crafted with carefully selected, authentic Thai ingredients, ensuring every meal you prepare captures the vibrant, aromatic, and complex flavours of traditional Thai cuisine.
Convenience Without Compromise
Our pastes are here to simplify the cooking process, without sacrificing the rich, authentic taste. With Mae Jum, convenience meets quality, giving you the freedom to create delicious meals quickly and effortlessly.
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“The Thai curry pastes from Mae Jum are some of the best I’ve tasted, full of spice, heat and Siamese succour.”
— Tom Parker Bowles, Food Critic
I was born and raised in Thailand, where there was an abundance of herbs, spices, fruits and vegetables growing around my family home. It wasn't in a garden or vegetable plot, it was just here, there and everywhere! From a young age, I was often the one asked to blend the herbs and spices in a stone pestle and mortar, until my arm was about to fall off. I didn't enjoy it, but in hindsight, it taught me all I know..
Today, my family's traditional blend of newly harvested herbs are stone ground to make a fresh paste, which is combined with a mix of whole spices that have been pan roasted to extract the natural oils before being finely ground.
We do not add any sugar, oil, shrimp paste or any artificial preservatives, additives or coloring to our fresh blend which is then mildly pasteurized to retain the natural qualities and goodness so you can enjoy that distinctive aroma of fresh herbs and spices when you open the packet.
Each 2.5 oz pack of Mae Jum curry paste makes about 8 servings — plenty for a family meal or a couple of nights of leftovers (if it lasts that long!). Just add coconut milk, protein, and vegetables of your choice.
Every curry has its own personality! Our spice levels range from 1 to 5, so there's something for everyone — from the gentle warmth of Massaman (1/5), a fiery kick of Red Curry (3/5) or intense heat of a Jungle Curry (5/5).
Check the spice rating on each pack to find your perfect match, and remember: you can always adjust the heat by adding more or less paste to your dish!
To cook the ultimate traditional Thai dish, you may want to add the following ingredients: Fish sauce, palm sugar or shrimp paste.
Although you can still produce a beautiful Thai meal without these extra ingredients from using Mae Jum Thai pastes.
Keep opened packs of paste in fridge, where it'll stay fresh for up to 3-4 weeks.
For longer storage, portion it into an ice cube tray and freeze — that way you'll always have curry paste ready whenever the craving strikes.
So much more than curry! Beyond the classic coconut milk curry, our pastes are wonderful stirred into soups, marinades, stir-fries, fried rice, or even mixed into dips and dressings. A little goes a long way in bringing bold Thai flavor to almost anything.
Check out our recipe page for inspiration!
It was very nice just a little to hot for me.
Great paste, sizzled up with brown sugar and a good fish sauce (I used squid brand) it made a great base for my Pad Thai.
Hi Jonathan, we're thrilled to hear you enjoyed our Pad Thai Paste! Your cooking sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing your experience! Happy cooking! 🌿
We've had shop-bought Pad Thai for years and always a favourite. This paste however was completely devoured by my family - so much so there was none left for me!
Hi! Mr A.G.C, Thank you so much! 😊 This made us laugh, we hope you managed to sneak at least a bite! So happy the family devoured it and that our Pad Thai Paste has won them over. You may need to hide the next one! 😄
Extremely tasty
Thank you so much, Paul! 🙏 So happy you're enjoying the Thai Pad Thai Paste, that means the world to us. We hope it makes many delicious meals! Happy cooking! 😊
Love it
loved it, so pleased I purchased! bringing back great memories of our holiday to Thailand.
Hi Michaela! Oh, this is just the loveliest thing to hear, thank you! 😊
Bringing back memories of a holiday to Thailand is honestly the biggest compliment we could ask for. We hope our Pad Thai Paste keeps transporting you back for many meals to come!
Wonderful flavour!
Hi Dawn! Thank you so much, that really made us smile! 😊
So glad our Pad Thai Paste hit the spot for you. Happy cooking!
Amazing pad Thai. Wow!
Hi Renee! Wow indeed — thank you so much! 😊
So glad our Pad Thai Paste delivered for you — happy cooking!
Authentic flavour, easy to prepare, absolutely delicious! Orders arrive promptly.
Hi Jemma! Thank you so much — you've just made our day! 😊
Authentic flavour, easy to prepare and prompt delivery — we're so glad it all came together for you! Nothing makes us happier than knowing our Pad Thai Paste is delivering a truly delicious experience right to your door. Happy cooking!
I did not know what to expect with this paste, but when I tasted the cooked meal, it was just so unusual, aromatic and simply gorgeous. Will buy again and again!
Created a Spot on Pad Thai. Thank you
As I was only cooking for two of us, I used half the quantity of ingredients, but the whole paste packet.
Unfortunately it didn't taste of anything at all, so we weren't able to eat more than a couple of mouthfuls before binning it.
Hopefully the other pastes I bought at the same time will be better. I'll use the whole pack with ingredients for 2 servings going forward, and keep everything crossed it's not another failure!
You need a lot of extra ingredients to make these, like palm sugar, shrimp paste and fish sauce, which I don’t have in my cupboards at home. If you do, you might as well make this dish from scratch
Thank you for your comment. Our pastes are unashamedly a blend of natural fresh herbs and spices in the right proportions and quantities for the chosen curry. We also only add enough salt to act as a natural preservative, but not so much as is needed for the whole dish, as this will depend on what else you add in terms of protein and vegetables. Palm sugar is the sweet element and can be replace by normal sugar, and fish sauce/shrimp paste is the salty element that can be replaced by just salt. Our pastes address the most complex part of the dish and that is the right balance of herbs and spices, it leaves the balance of sugar and salt to the home cook. If not adding sugar or salt means you might as well make it from scratch, then we do have a blog on our website to help you with this.
Really great tasting paste, perfect for a good pad thai. I used the guide on the back and substituted the fish sauce for soy, and the prawns for more tofu. Love this paste, no spicy kick at all.
One of my favourites
Absolutely amazing!!! The best pad Thai I have made and I willbe placing repeat orders for sure!!!
I love pad thai but theres so many recipes for it I never seem to use the same one twice, until now, wont be using anyone else now that's 4 sure. Just beautiful, and so nice to support a small business.
Haven’t had chance to use it yet, but if it is a good as the curry pastes I will be very happy.
great paste
Easy, quick and delicious: the family love the meals we make with these pastes. I'm even more delighted that they don't have sugar in them - it's up to the chef how much to add. I avoid/limit added sugar because it's so bad for you, in so many ways.
Simplicity at it's best. A good quantity of paste with a great taste and zero hassle.
I was excited about trying this but I didn't find much flavour. Little disappointed
We loved it
First out of the box and 5 gold stars from us!
Even the fussy one raved about it!
Can't wait to try the others...the weekend is nearly here at least one night surely has to be curry night!
Third time of ordering, I'll not go anywhere else now fantastic Pastes and always great service.
Excellent
I have to say the delivery was excellent and the product was beautifully packaged. I followed the instructions which were clearly laid out on reverse of chosen paste packets , I decided to add my preferred protein, the aromas from the paste took me back to Thailand and after adding all my other ingredients both myself and partner were trilled with how good the paste was very authentic excellent. The paste is on a different level compared to the average shop brought in those large supermarkets. I would definitely recommend these , so go and try for yourself! You won’t regret it x
great
Used Maejum green paste for the first time tonight. Wow, easy and delicious.
Used 35gms of paste for the 2 of us, so enough for another meal.
Will definitely re purchase. Thank you.
This curry paste is fantastic really deep spice flavour that wakes up your taste buds I would recommend it to anyone who loves Thai food I will deep be ordering some more 😋
