Description
A take on making a Green Thai Curry paste, with ingredients as close as I can get!
Ingredients
3 Green Chillies
4 Cloves of Garlic
3cm Ginger
1 Shallot
1 Cup Fresh Coriander
1 Cup Fresh Basil
1/2 tsp Ground Cumin
1/2 tsp Ground Coriander
1/2 tsp Ground White Pepper
1 Lime(Juice)
1 Piece of Lemongrass
1 tsp Shrimp Paste
1 tsp Honey
2–3 tbsp Coconut Milk
Instructions
1. Start by preparing all the fresh ingredients. Peel and roughly chop the ginger, crush and roughly chop up he garlic, roughly slice the chillies into small chunks and slice the shallot into strips. Roughly cut the lemon grass up to
2. Place the Lemongrass in a pestle and mortar and grind unto mostly broken up. Then add the garlic, ginger, shallots and chillies. Grind these together with the lemon grass until the shallots have broken up and everything is soft.
3. Add the Ground Cumin, Coriander and White pepper. Then Add in the fresh coriander and basil. Now grind this thoroughly into the existing mixture until it forms a green paste and most of the mixture has broken up.
4. Add the shrimp paste and grind it into the existing mixture until well mixed. Finally add in the honey, coconut milk and the juice from the lime. Grind with the paste until thoroughly mixed. This is your Green Thai Curry Paste
Notes
- Traditionally you would use Galangal instead of ginger but it’s generally hard to source for me so I use ginger most of the time
- You can replace the shallot for half a red onion
- The green chilli’s are pretty flexible and much more dependent on the heat and flavour you enjoy from them
Keywords: healthy, thai food, thai curry, thai curry paste