Name: Thai Green Curry Paste
Yield: Makes 125 g (4½ oz/½ cup)
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 8–10 small green chillies, seeded; 2 lemongrass stems, white part only, finely sliced; 1 teaspoon very finely chopped kaffir lime skin or leaves (about half the skin from a kaffir lime or 4–5 leaves); 2.5 cm (1 inch) piece of galangal, finely chopped; 2 teaspoons shrimp paste; 5–6 coriander (cilantro) roots, finely chopped; 3–4 red Asian shallots, chopped; 1 handful holy basil leaves, finely chopped; 4–5 garlic cloves, finely chopped

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Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

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