Red Curry Paste
Red Curry Paste (Nam Phrik Gaeng Daeng - Thailand) Source: The Thai House Cooking School - Bangkok, Thailand Curry paste is an essential ingredient in Thai curry dishes. 20 pepperc...
Ingredients
- 20peppercorns
- 1tablespooncoriander seeds
- 1teaspooncumin seeds
- 13small dried red chiles, seeded and
- 4tablespoonchopped garlic
- 3tablespoonchopped shallot
- 2tablespoonpeeled, chopped lemon grass,
- 1tablespoonchopped galangal or ginger
Directions
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Red Curry Paste (Nam Phrik Gaeng Daeng - Thailand) Source: The Thai House Cooking School - Bangkok, Thailand Curry paste is an essential ing
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20 peppercorns 1 tablespoon coriander seeds 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 13 small dried red chiles, seeded and soaked in warm water for 15 minutes
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Roast dry spices over low heat, stirring, about 3 to 5 minutes or until spices are fragrant
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Grind into a powder in mortar with pestle or in clean coffee grinder
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Place spices, chiles, garlic, shallot, lemon grass, galangal, coriander, lime peel and salt in blender or small food processor and process u
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Remove paste and put into mortar and continue to pound with pestle until ingredients are a very fine paste
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Add shrimp paste
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Store in glass jar in refrigerator or freeze