Green Curry Paste

Recipe Ingredients

15		Fresh phrik ki nu (birdseye chilies) up to - 30, chopped
10		Garlic - chopped
1 teaspoon	5ml	Chopped galangal
1 tablespoon	15ml	Thinly sliced lemon grass
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Zest of "kaffir" lime - (ordinary lime OK)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cilantro root, chopped
5		White pepper corns
1 tablespoon	15ml	Roasted coriander seeds
1 teaspoon	5ml	Roasted cumin seeds
1		Fish sauce
1 teaspoon	5ml	Fermented shrimp paste - (kapi), up to 2

Recipe Instructions

Mix in a mortar and pestle or food processor. Will keep about a month in a fridge. You can buy commercial green curry paste (mae ploy brand is quite good), but as far as I am aware all commercial pastes contain MSG and preservatives.

Recipe By: Muoi Khuntilanont

Source:
July 1993 issue of Bon Appetit

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