Cooking Tips – Red Curry Paste
Red Curry Paste
Should make enough paste for 4 four person meals.
Prep time : 5 minutes
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Ingredients
10-12 dried red chilies. Cayenne chilies are perfect.
5 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped.
1 tablespoon fresh lemongrass, very thinly sliced.
3 tablespoons grated ginger.
Zest of 1 kaffir lime.
6-8 coriander roots, washed well and coarsely chopped.
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground white pepper.
1 teaspoon fish sauce.
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin.
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander.
2 tablespoons bright red paprika.
Method
Break up the chilies with your hands.
Soak the chillies in 5 tablespoons hot water for 1-2 hours.
WASH HANDS IMMEDIATELY.
Put the chillies together with their soaking liquid, into a blender, along with all the remaining ingredients in the order listed.
Blend, pushing down with a rubber spatula as many times as necessary, until you have a smooth paste.
What you do not use immediately should be refrigerated or frozen.
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