thai Yellow Curry Paste recipe/ Nam Phrik Kaeng KaRi

thai Yellow Curry Paste recipe/ Nam Phrik Kaeng KaRi

ingredients:

• 3 Dried chilies
• 3 tsp Chopped shallots
• 1 tsp Chopped garlic
• 1 tsp Chopped ginger
• 1 tsp Coriander seeds
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp Chopped lemon grass
• 1 tsp Shrimp paste
• 1 tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Curry powder.

how to:

1. Soak dried chilies in hot water for 15 minutes and deseed. In a wok over low heat, put the shallots, garlic, ginger, coriander seeds and cumin seeds and dry fry for about 5 minutes, then grind into a powder with mortar and pestle.

2. Into a blender, put the rest of the ingredients and blend to mix well. Add the shallot-garlic-ginger-coriander seed-cumin seed mixture and blend again to obtain about 1/2 cup of a fine-textured paste.

3. This can be stored in a glass jar in the refrigerator for about 3-4 months.

thanks

Recipe from: The Elegant Taste of Thailand, by Sisamon Kongpan &
Pinyo Srisawat by recipesource.com