Thai red curry paste

Name: Thai red curry paste
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons finely sliced fresh lemon grass; 2 tablespoons finely chopped red shallots; 1 tablespoon finely chopped roasted red shallots; 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic; 7 long, dried red chillies, deseeded; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1½ teaspoons coriander seeds; ¼ nutmeg, ground; 5 cloves; zest of 2 limes, finely chopped; 10 white peppercorns; a large pinch of salt; ½ teaspoon shrimp paste

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Keith Floyd's Thai Food

By Keith Floyd

Published 2006

About

Ingredients

7 long, dried red chillies, deseeded
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1½ teaspoons

Asia
Thailand
Fish course
Spice Mix
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Southeast Asia

Method

Soak the chillies in hot water for about 15 minutes, then drain.
Heat a wok or heavy-based frying pan and, without adding any oil, dry-roast the cumin and coriander seeds and the nutmeg for 40–50 seconds until they release their aroma. Tip into a spice grinder and grind to a powder.
Put the powder in a food processor with all the other ingredients and wh