Is korma paste vegan-compatible?

Watch for

• High fructan and FODMAP grade.The mildness comes from cooking down more onion and garlic for sweetness, not from using less of them, so the gentlest-tasting curry on the menu can carry the heaviest fructan load
• Tree nuts are structural, not optional.Ground almond or cashew is what gives korma its body, so a korma paste is a nut exposure even when the label does not shout about it. Check every jar if you avoid tree nuts
• Moderate dairy-protein grade with mild lactose, from the yoghurt, cream or milk solids used to soften the paste.This is why korma is one of the harder curries to make genuinely dairy-free, and why its vegan grade is only borderline
• Poor EoE compatibility, because the paste stacks dairy, tree nut and often wheat, three of the standard elimination foods, into one ingredient
• Moderate gluten grade for jarred pastes.Wheat flour is used as a thickener in some brands and shared-line processing is common, so do not assume a curry paste is gluten free without a certified label
• Moderate histamine and tyramine grades.A long-life jar of paste built on nuts and dairy is not the same as spices ground fresh that evening