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Yellow Curry Paste

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Yellow Curry Paste — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Yield 5–6 tablespoons

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons coriander seed
  • 2 tablespoons cumin seed
  • 3 branches lemongrass, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon grated ginger root
  • 6 red chilli peppers, seeded and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 3 cloves garlic, smashed
  • 1 shallot, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon turmeric
  • 1 tablespoon trassi

Instructions

  1. 1
    Toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a pan for 3–4 minutes. Set aside.
  2. 2
    Grind lemongrass and ginger in a mortar, add chilli-peppers and salt, and grind for 4 minutes.
  3. 3
    Add garlic and shallot and keep grinding.
  4. 4
    Add the roasted cumin and coriander seeds and turmeric.
  5. 5
    Add the trassi and grind to a fluid paste.
  6. 6
    Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for storage (lasts 1 month).
Cuisine
Thai

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Yellow_Curry_Paste