Name: Simple curry paste
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp ground coriander seeds; 4 lime leaves, shredded; 6 cloves garlic, peeled; 2 stalks lemongrass, cut the base off, discard the outer 3 layers and cut as much from the base up as you can until it begins to turn fibrous; 2 thumbs of ginger, peeled and sliced against the grain; 6 red chillies, roughly chopped, don’t discard the seeds; 15 ml (1 Tbsp) sesame oil

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fusion

By Peter Gordon

Published 2010

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Ingredients

6 red chillies, roughly chopped, don’t discard the seeds
2 stalks lemongrass, cut the base off, discard the outer 3 la

Method

Place everything in a small food processor with 2 Tablespoons cold water and blitz to a fine paste. This will keep for 10 days in the fridge, or spread it out on a parchment-lined baking tray and freeze it before breaking it into pieces and storing in a suitable container.