There could be many reasons for your dishes ending up being too spicy to handle. Maybe the curry paste you used in the recipe you followed was milder than the one you chose to use. There are chances that the batch of chillies used by you was too damn spicy. Other reasons include you putting in ingredients twice by mistake. At times you things do go a little out of hands in the kitchen.
Don’t worry! you can still save the day. Even though spices can’t be taken out of the dish once they are in but, there are ways you can mellow down the spiciness.
1. You can add dairy
Dairy is a great counteracting agent when your dish is too spicy. You can add milk, sour cream, or even some plain yoghurt over each serving. But adding dairy and then cooking it over higher heat might end up in lumps. Besides these, coconut milk gives a great creamy texture to dishes and goes well with many Asian flavors.
2. You can add more ingredients to dilute the spiciness
Adding more ingredients to lower the proportion of spices is considered to be the easiest hack. If it’s a soup or stew, try adding more liquid. For other dishes, just add more vegetables or starches.
3. You can add a sweetener
Adding Sugar and sweetener gives your dish a unique flavor and helps in despicing it. However, while using a sweetener you need to be extra careful. In order to keep it from becoming a sweet dish, you should keep tasting the dish after adding sweetener in small amounts.
4. You can add nut butter
Another useful hack you can go for is adding a spoonful of nut butter like almond or peanut butter to soups and stews. It will help despicify the dish and won’t be really noticeable when you eat it.
5. You can serve it with starchy foods
Let’s not miss out on the possibility of your dish being a little over spicy and tasting perfect otherwise. In this case, don’t mess it up by adding any extra ingredients. Serving it with something bland and starchy can just do the trick here. Serve it with rice, bread or pasta.