Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the recipes category.

Southern Thai Curry Paste (Prik Gaeng Pak Dtai) Recipe.

Ingredients:

18 dried Thai chiles (10g), stemmed
1 TSP (3g) freshly ground black pepper
1 TSP (4g) Diamond Crystal kosher salt
5 fresh red Thai chiles (8g), stemmed
One 2-inch piece fresh galangal, peeled and thinly sliced (about 2 TBSPs; 15g)
2 stalks lemongrass, bottom 4 to 5 inches only, outer leaves discarded, tender core thinly sliced (about 20g sliced lemongrass)
1 1/2 TSPs (3g) peeled makrut lime zest from 1 makrut lime (optional, see note)
One 3-inch (10g) piece fresh turmeric, thinly sliced
3 small garlic cloves (10g)
1 small shallot (20g), thinly sliced
1 TSP (10g) Thai shrimp paste

Recipe Instructions:

Place dried Thai chiles in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle, and grind into a fine powder.
If using a spice grinder, transfer ground chiles to a granite mortar and pestle.
Add black pepper, salt, and fresh Thai chiles to the mortar.
Pound until fresh chiles are slightly broken down, making sure to keep the pestle as close to the chiles as possible to avoid splattering chile juices over yourself, 2 to 3 minutes.
Vicky Wasik

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