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Thai Green Curry Paste
Make your own authentic Thai Green Curry Paste at home from scratch! Investing just a few minutes of prep time will yield you enough curry paste to make multiple green curry dishes throughout the week!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 11 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
1
- 1/4 lb fresh green chilies (cut into 1/2 inch pieces, seeds removed)
- 3 stalk lemongrass (white portion only, sliced)
- 1 inch galangal (grated (substitute: ginger))
- 5 clove garlic (peeled)
- 3 shallots (peeled)
- 5 stalk stalks cilantro
- 3 kaffir lime leaves (julienned)
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp white peppercorns
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp Thai shrimp paste (optional but recommended)
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- 1
Place green chilies, lemongrass, galangal, garlic, shallots, cilantro, kaffir lime leaves, coriander seeds, ground cumin, white peppercorns, salt, lime juice and shrimp paste (if using) in a food processor.
- 2
Pulse it a few times, then slowly drizzle the water to blend the ingredients to a paste (as soon as the ingredients are evenly blended, stop adding the water).