Indonesian Style Curry Paste

Name: Indonesian Style Curry Paste
Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped; 12 chilies, chopped; 1 teaspoon black peppercorns; 2 stalks lemongrass, peeled and chopped; 1 tablespoon galangal, chopped; 5 garlic cloves, chopped; 5 kaffir lime leaves, sliced; 2 tablespoons ground coriander; 1 teaspoon cumin; 1 tablespoon shrimp paste; 1 teaspoon salt; 120 ml vegetable oil

12 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1 onion, chopped
12 chilies, chopped
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
2 stalks lemongrass, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon galangal, chopped
5 garlic cloves, chopped
5 kaffir lime leaves, sliced
2 tablespoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon cumin
1 tablespoon shrimp paste
1 teaspoon salt
120 ml vegetable oil

Directions

1

Put chopped onion into the grinder or food processor.
2

Put next 6 ingredients into pestle and grind them to coarse paste to release the flavour.
3

Stir in the paste to the onion and grind them until they become fine paste.
4

Toast coriander and cumin in low heat to release the flavour.
5

Stir in toasted coriander, cumin, shrimp paste and salt to the paste and continue to grind them until paste become moist and fine.
6

Heat up the oil in the saucepan in medium low heat.
7

Pour the paste into the saucepan and stir occasionally and turn the heat to low when it gets hot and keep stirring in, all is about 10 minute.
8

Cool off the paste before storing it.