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- From: "ST700@DELPHI.COM" <st700@news.delphi.com>
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Thai Curry Paste
- Message-ID: <30ndl6$6ni@news.delphi.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 1994 00:18:05 -0400 (EDT)
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- Keywords: Thai curry red
- Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation
-
- Here is a recipe for red Thai curry paste, from Madhur Jaffrey's "Far Eastern
- Cooking".
-
- 7 large or 10 med whole dried hot red chilies
- 2-inch cube fresh or 4-6 slices dried galangal OR 2-inch cube fresh ginger
- 2-3 pieces dried or 3 1/2 inch pieces fresh kaffir lime rind (optional)
- 1 stick fresh or 2 tablespoons dried sliced lemongrass
- 3 garlic cloves
- 4-5 roots from fresh coriander (!)
- 6 shallots or 1 med onion
- 1.5 teaspoons shrimp or anchovy paste
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander seed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin seed
- 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/16 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/16 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
-
- Remove & discard chili seeds
- Combine chilies, and (if using them) dried galangal, dried kaffir
- rind, dried lemongrass in a small bowl - cover with 3/4 cup water and
- set aside for 40 mins-1 hour
-
- If using fresh galangal or ginger, peel & coarsely chop them. If using
- fresh lemongrass, cut crosswise into fine slices.
-
- Peel garlic, wash coriander roots & pat dry.
-
- Combine all ingredients (including the soaking water from the dried
- ingredients) in a blender & blend well.
-
- Makes about 1/2 cup. I put the remainder into an ice tray, froze it and
- then put the frozen cubes in a plastic bag in the freezer ready for the
- next Thai curry.
-
- I used fresh ginger, dried lemongrass and omitted the kaffir rind, and it
- came out great.
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