Red Curry Paste

Red curry paste ingredients

Khrung Gairng Kra Tii

Storage 2 months Cooks in 30 minutes Difficulty EASY

Ingredients

  • 20 dried red chillies
  • 3 chopped lemongrass stalks
  • 2 chopped shallots
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 thumb length piece of turmeric chopped
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Method

  1. Smash the dried chillies and salt in a pestle and mortar.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients and smash together for around 30 minutes or until a nice thick paste is formed.
Adding the dried red chillies
Adding the dried red chillies
Adding the lemongrass
Adding the lemongrass
Smashing the Ingredients
Smashing the Ingredients

Alternatively you can blend the ingredients together but the curry paste tastes much better if smashed by hand in a pestle and mortar.

To Store

Store in the fridge for up to two months.

The finished red curry paste
The finished red curry paste

Red curry paste is a core ingredient for Thai Red Curry. Hope you enjoy my Khrung Gairng Kra Tii. Khop Khun Ka from Apple 🍎 Riverside Thai Cooking in Khao Lak.