Thai Red Curry Paste
 
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A gorgeous red Thai curry paste concentrate, for use in various Thai curry preparations.
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Recipe type: Sauce
Cuisine: Indian/Asian/Thai
Yield: ¾ cup
What You Need
  • 8-10 Large dried red chilies
  • 1 T whole coriander seeds
  • 2 t whole cumin seeds
  • 3 T chopped shallots
  • 1 T chopped ginger
  • 1 T chopped galangal
  • 2 T chopped lemongrass
  • 2 T fresh red bird's eye chilies
  • 2 T chopped garlic
  • 1 T chopped kaffir lime peel (or a mix of lemon and lime peel)
  • 10 whole black peppercorns
  • 1 t shrimp paste or salt (or sub fermented beancurd paste)
How You Make It
  1. First prep all the ingredients:
  2. Stem and seed the dried red chilies. Soak in warm water for 15 minutes, drain and chop roughly.
  3. Roast coriander and cumin seeds in a dry frying pan over medium heat for a few minutes until fragrant.
  4. Chop the shallots.
  5. Chop the fresh chilies.
  6. Peel and chop the ginger, lemongrass and the galangal.
  7. Chop the Garlic and the lime peel.
  8. Grind the black peppercorns in a mini mill/grinder until fine.
  9. Next place the chopped fresh chilies (if using - recommended), dried chilies, garlic and shallots in the food processor and chop until extremely fine. Scrape down the sides as necessary.
  10. Add the corinader and cumin, ginger, lemongrass and galangal, and process again.
  11. Lastly, add the kaffir lime peel, ground pepper, shrimp paste or salt and process once more.
  12. Continue scraping down the sides and processing until paste is extremely fine.
  13. Store in a covered glass container in the fridge for up to 3 months.
Notes
If you cannot find kaffir lime, use an equal combination of lemon and lime peel.
If you cannot find galangal, use an extra teaspoon of ginger and a small squeeze of lime.
Use gloves to chop the dried and fresh chiles!
To keep the paste vegetarian, omit the shrimp paste and use fermented beancurd or salt instead.
If you can find fresh coriander root, use that, otherwise fresh ginger is good.
Recipe by Veggiemental at https://veggiemental.com/thai-red-curry-paste/