Green Curry Paste
Author:
Annabelle Cooper
Category
Gluten Free,Low Carb,Sauces & Condiments,Vegetarian
Difficulty
Beginner
Rated 5.0 stars by 1 users
8
10 mins
10 mins
20 mins
Ingredients
-
8 fresh long green chillies coarsely chopped
-
8 cm piece of fresh ginger peeled, finely chopped
-
8 cm piece fresh turmeric peeled, finely chopped
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2 lemongrass stems (pale section only) finely chopped
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5 shallots peeled, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp water
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1 tsp shrimp paste
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½ tsp salt
Directions
What are we cooking today?
This versatile curry paste can be added to as per your heat liking.
Then when ready to add your vegetables and/or protein, just add water, coconut milk and fish sauce until you achieve the desired consistency. It also works as a dry curry
Getting started
- Place chilli, ginger, turmeric, lemon grass, shallots and garlic in the food processor.
Process until finely chopped.
Add water and process until smooth.
Transfer to a bowl.
Stir in shrimp paste and salt.
Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
Add curry paste and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until fragrant.
Annabelle's tips
The curry mixture (uncooked) can be pre-made and frozen. Then simply defrost and cook when required.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 8
- per serving
- Calories
- 23
- Total Fat
- 0.1 grams
- 1%
- Saturated Fat
- 0 grams
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 0 milligrams
- Sodium
- 211 milligrams
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4.9 grams
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0.2 grams
- 1%
- Total Sugars
- 0.4 grams
- Protein
- 0.9 grams
- Calcium
- 1 milligrams
- 1%
- Iron
- 3 milligrams
- 17%
- Potassium
- 89 milligrams
- 2%
- Vitamin D
- 0 micrograms
- 0%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.