Thai Green Curry Paste

When I come into a lot of galangal (related to ginger but with a very different flavor), I try to remember to also pick up a bagful of chiles. That way I can stock up the freezer door, otherwise known as the Door of Aromatics, with curry paste—something that’s a pain in the neck to make fresh each time I want a curry, which is at least every couple weeks. I also keep little freezer bags of trimmed and roughly chopped lemongrass and whole kaffir lime leaves in the Door. Yes, you can buy Thai