Thai Red Curry Paste (Can be made in a processor too!)

Source : Heat A Small Frying Pan To A Medium High Heat Throw In The Seeds And Toast Carefully I Didnt Have Cumin Seeds So I Threw In The Cumin A Bit Later On ...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : January 30, 2026

Step:

  1. Heat a small frying pan to a medium high heat throw in the seeds and toast carefully. (I didnt have cumin seeds, so I threw in the cumin a bit later on so it wouldnt burn). Once you have released the flavour set aside to cool.

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  2. Now next throw the toasted seeds in a pestle and mortar or a blender, crush or blitz away until into a fine crumb.

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  3. Next bash and chop the lemongrass.

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  4. Slice the chillis.

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  5. Grate the ginger.

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  6. Next grate the skin off the limes and squeeze in the juice into the spice mixture.

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  7. Now bash the garlic, remove the skins.

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  8. Put all of these ingredients into the spice and lime, now bash or blitz away, until a finer paste, it still has texture though.

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  9. Thats it done use for whatever you want, its just delicious brushed onto meats and tofu with a drizzle of oil and roasted in the oven. Enjoy

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Ingredients

  1. 2 tbsp coriander seeds
  2. 2 tbsp black pepper corns
  3. 2 tbsp cumin seeds or ground cumin
  4. 2 lemon grass stalks
  5. 1 large knob of ginger finally gratedy
  6. 4 red chillis (can be more)
  7. 1 large knob of ginger
  8. 2 limes juice and grated rind
  9. 5 large garlic cloves bashed and skin removed

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