Yellow curry paste
Yield: 1 Recipe
Ingredients:
- 6 ea Dried red chili peppers
- 1 ts Galanga
- 1 ea Lemon grass stalk -=OR=-
- 1 ts Lemon grass dried
- 3 md Shallots chopped
- 4 ea Garlic cloves chopped
- 1 ts Coriander seeds
- 1 ts Curry powder
- 1/4 ts Mace
- 1/4 ts Cardamom seeds
- 1/4 ts Ground cloves Cut the chili peppers into small pieces & soak them in cold water for
- 15 minutes. Separate & discard the seeds. In a skillet
Instructions:
toast the remaining ingredients over a very low flame for 5 minutes. Put the chili peppers & the toasted spices in a mortar or a food processor & blend to a thick bright yellow paste. Store in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator until ready to use. * If using dried galanga soak for 15 minutes in cold water. Makes 1/2 cup Pojanee Vatanapan's "Thai Cookbook"



