Make Authentic Homemade Thai Red Curry Paste | Recipe Cloud App

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped shallot (or purple onion)
• 3 tablespoons minced fresh lemongrass (or jarred lemongrass paste)
• 1 to 2 red chiles (or 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or 2 to 3 teaspoons Thai chile sauce)
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 ounce galangal (or ginger), peeled and sliced
• 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce (or 2 tablespoons soy sauce plus salt to taste)
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons Latin chili powder (or 1 to 2 teaspoons Asian chili powder)
• 1 to 3 tablespoons coconut milk, depending on how thick you want the paste
• 1 teaspoon shrimp paste (or 1 tablespoon Thai golden mountain sauce)
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 3/4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (or 1 cinnamon stick added to your curry pot), optional