This is a Thai green curry paste recipe made from scratch!
Use it now to makeThai Green Curry or keep it for later!
Thai Green Curry Paste recipe!
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You cant do that if you buy curry in a jar.
They might be small, but they pack serious heat!
For a very mild curry, skip the Thai chillies altogether.
For a mild curry,just use 1 Thai chilli.
I enjoy it without swearing and Im a spice wuss!
(Though I like to think Im Chilli-tough, Im not at all.)
However, if you use shrimppastein green curry, it makes it brown!
Hence we use dried shrimp.
But it is.If you skip it, youwillbe disappointed with the end result.
Galangal
Looks like ginger with red skin, but its way harder.
It kind of tastes like ginger too, but its more citrusy.
Nowadays in Australia its sold at large fresh produce stores like Harris Farms, and sometimes even at Woolworths.
Otherwise, its readily available at Asian grocery stores.
As a last resort, itcan be substitutedwith ginger and lime zest directions in the recipe notes.
Lemongrass
Moving onto more familiar territory here!
Lemongrass is a key flavour in green curry paste and you cant substitute paste or dried for fresh lemongrass.
Youll know which part should be used because the reedy part cant be chopped.
Eschalots (Baby Onions!)
The names for this are so confusing so I wanted to show a picture to be very clear!
In Australia, we call these eschalots or French shallots or French onions.
Green curry paste calls for the thing that looks like BABY ONIONS!!
Coriander / cilantro, lime and garlic
Traditional Thai Curry Pastes are mostly made with coriander/cilantroroots.
The roots have intense coriander flavour thats sort of earthy.
Unfortunately in Western grocery stores, the roots tend to be quite short and dismal.
They are also a massive pain to wash thoroughly no one wants dirt grit in their curry!
If you Domt have white pepper, switch it with finely ground black pepper.
Ive noticed Asian chefs on cooking shows use blenders as well.
Thai GREEN CURRY Fried rice!!
Spice up soups Fry a little paste in oil then proceed to make your favourite soup.
Imagine green curry spicedCauliflower SouporBroccoli Soup!
Stir Fries fry a little paste in oil then proceed to make your favourite stir fry.
Nagi x
Homemade Thai Green Curry PasteWatch how to make it
Video coming shortly!
It literally is plonk and blitz.
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Video to make the curry is in theThai Green Curryrecipe.
