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5-Minute Thai Red Curry Paste Recipe

Homemade DIY Thai Red Curry Paste. Used in Thai chicken curry or shrimp red curry. Prepare your own red curry paste within 5 minutes!

Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings: 6 Tablespoons of Paste
Calories: 27 kcal
Course: Condiments
Cuisine: Thai

Ingredients

  • 10 red chili pepper *see Notes
  • 5 shallot
  • 1 kaffir lime skin
  • 1- Inch galangal
  • 3-4 Pieces garlic cloves roughly cut
  • 1 Tablespoon lemongrass stalk
  • ½ Tablespoon cilantro roots or stems Coriander
  • 1 Teaspoon salt
  • 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds Ground
  • ½ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
  • 1 Teaspoon shrimp paste optional

Instructions

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  1. Keep the red dried chilies to soak in water, that way they will easily blend with the other ingredients. Strain when you are ready to prepare the paste.
  2. Keep all your fresh ingredients ready. Peel and cut smaller shallots, garlic and galangal, cut small lemongrass and cilantro roots. Cut the lime skin from the lime.
  3. Add to your blender jar all the fresh ingredients with the red chiles (without water!) and add the cumin, black pepper, and salt as well as the shrimp paste. All ingredients should be added to the jar at this point!
  4. Blend everything to a smooth wet paste. Do not add water to the paste, because water reduces the shelf live and the point of the paste is to keep it for a while.
  5. Store paste in a clean sterilized jar or in a clean vacuum bag until further use.

Notes

  • For the Chili Pepper use Thai varieties from your Asian grocery store or your favorite pepper variety.
  • For ingredients substitutions see post for all the details.
  • You can add Shrimp Paste, as it turns out more flavorful. However, you may skip it if you can't get Shrimp Paste.

Nutrition Information

Serving 97g Calories 27kcal (1%) Carbohydrates 5g (2%) Protein 1g (2%) Cholesterol 9mg (3%) Sodium 421mg (18%) Potassium 107mg (3%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 2g (4%) Vitamin A 220IU (4%) Vitamin C 2.7mg (3%) Calcium 19mg (2%) Iron 0.7mg (4%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6Tablespoons of Paste

Amount Per Serving

Calories 27

% Daily Value*

Serving 97g
Calories 27kcal 1%
Carbohydrates 5g 2%
Protein 1g 2%
Cholesterol 9mg 3%
Sodium 421mg 18%
Potassium 107mg 2%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 2g 4%
Vitamin A 220IU 4%
Vitamin C 2.7mg 3%
Calcium 19mg 2%
Iron 0.7mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.