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Indian curries are often vegetarian. Thai curries are generally not. However either can be either. Other ingredients and spices differ too. I haven't seen Indian curries with coconut milk but I don't eat Indian food often, could be wrong. Thai curries are generally based on coconut milk although that is not mandatory. You might benefit by dining at a Thai restaurant and trying several things, including a curry. If you don't like it then you're out for the cost of one dinner. If you discover you like Thai food then you've got a whole new ethnic cuisine to explore.
Indian curries tend to have dairy (yoghurt) in them -- I'm not sure if the Thai ones do. I personally prefer Indian curries in general because they are richer (to my taste).
Coconut milk is very common in Indian cuisine from southern India.
Thai curries tend to rely on aromatics vs indian curries tend to use dry spices for the primary flavors.
Typical for thai curries: lemongrass, ginger, lime leaves, lots of cilantro, a couple of dry spices
Typical for indian: lots of dried spices, onion, ginger, garlic, garnish of cilantro
Typically thai curries start with a paste of all of the ingredients that is cooked in the coconut milk, and in indian curries the spices are toasted or fried in the oil before adding the onion/garlic/ginger.
Coconut milk is used in different sorts of dishes in indian vs thai. It seems like south indian dishes with coconut milk are either millder (without the tumeric, garam masala spices) of use much less coconut milk, just a touch.
Thai dishes tend to be both sweet and spicy in a a savory curry dish. This is less frequent in indian curries.
The island curries tend to be somewhere between thai and indian curries.
Indian curries are my favourite, i used to use Pataks paste but now i have graduated to using all the spices, i usually make a chicken curry and a side dish of dahl (lentils) sometimes i make a mushroom and pea, or a cabbage with potato ...all recipes came from the internet, delicious...must do one for dinner tonight now...it is addictive.
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