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Red Curry Paste Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon cilantro roots
- 3 Dried whole chillies
- 1 1/2 tablespoons galangal
- 1/4 cup garlic
- 3-4 tablespoons sliced lemongrass Peel off the hard outer leaves
- 1 tablespoon Salt
- 3/4 cup Shallots
- 1 teaspoon shrimp paste
- 1 tablespoon Kaffir Lime Zest
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Instructions
Prep
- Cut and soak the dried chili peppers.
- Slice shallots, lemongrass, galangal and cilantro roots into small pieces.
- Slice thinly or grate the kaffir lime zest.
- Squeeze out the water from chili peppers. Pound the chili peppers and salt in a mortar.
- Add lemongrass and galangal into the mortar. Grind them into rough fibers.
- Add garlic, kaffir lime zest and cilantro roots next. Pound to mix it in the paste
- Then add shrimp paste.
- Add the shallots.
- Pound into a fine paste- scoop out the paste and use it as required by your recipe.
Recipe Notes
Do not pound straight down into the center of the mortar; things will bounce back at you.
The pounding process takes around 20 minutes in all. Don't forget to pound well after each addition.