Home-made Thai green curry paste

Name: Home-made Thai green curry paste
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thai recipes
Ingredients: 1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 tsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp each shrimp paste; 1 tsp salt; 4 garlic cloves, chopped; 5cm piece fresh galangal, chopped; 1 tbsp palm sugar; 1 lemongrass stalk, outer layer discarded and finely chopped; 5 medium green chillies, deseeded and chopped,; A bunch of fresh coriander, roots and stalks washed and chopped

Published: 29 Feb 08
Updated: 18 Mar 24

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Make the fragrant Thai green curry paste at home with this easy and quick recipe.

Serves 4
Ready in 15 min

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Ingredients

1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp each shrimp paste
1 tsp salt
4 garlic cloves, chopped
5cm piece fresh galangal, chopped
1 tbsp palm sugar
1 lemongrass stalk, outer layer discarded and finely chopped
5 medium green chillies, deseeded and chopped,
A bunch of fresh coriander, roots and stalks washed and chopped

Method

Dry-fry the cumin seeds and coriander seeds in a small non-stick frying pan until aromatic.
Transfer the seeds to a food processor along with the shrimp paste and salt, garlic, galangal, palm sugar, lemongrass stalk, green chillies, coriander stalks and whizz together to a paste.

Recipe from March 2008 Issue

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Make double the quantity, and chill the rest for up to 1 week, or freeze it for up to 2 months.

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