Red Curry Paste

Name: Red Curry Paste
Yield: Makes about 8 tablespoons curry paste.
Ingredients: 6 whole star anise; 3 cinnamon sticks; 1 teaspoon white peppercorns; 2 teaspoons cumin seeds; 4 coriander roots, scraped and chopped; 3 tablespoons Thai shrimp paste, wrapped in foil and grilled until fragrant; 6 dried red chillies, seeded and ground; 2 tablespoons chopped galangal; 1 teaspoon coriander seeds; 1 tablespoon ground paprika; 12 garlic cloves, chopped; 3 hearts of lemon grass, chopped; grated zest of 1 kaffir lime

Preparation info

Makes about
8 tablespoons

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simply Asian

By Neil Perry

Published 2000

About

Red curries get their colour and intense flavour from dried red chillies and ground spices.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon white peppercorns
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
1 teaspo

Fish course
Spice Mix
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Pan-roast the peppercorns, cumin, coriander, star anise and cinnamon until very fragrant and darker in colour, but not burnt. Grind to a powder in a coffee or spice grinder. In a mortar with a pestle, pound the garlic, lemon grass, galangal, coriander, lime zest and shrimp paste. Combine with the remaining ingredients and then pass everything through a mincer twice. Alternatively, process in a