Thai yellow curry paste

Name: Thai yellow curry paste
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 teaspoons coriander seeds; 6 fresh red chillies, chopped; 2 tablespoons turmeric powder; 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon shrimp paste; ½ teaspoon ground cloves; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 red shallots, peeled and finely chopped; 1 fresh lemon grass stalk, chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Keith Floyd's Thai Food

By Keith Floyd

Published 2006

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Ingredients

1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
6 fr

Asia
Thailand
Spice Mix
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Heat a wok or heavy-based frying pan and, without adding any oil, dry-roast the cumin and coriander seeds for 40–50 seconds until they are toasted and aromatic. Tip into a spice grinder and grind to a powder.
Put the powder in a food processor with all the other ingredients and whiz to a fine paste (add a little water if the mixture is too stiff). Store in a jar i