Paneang Curry Paste

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 tablespoons peanuts (boiled or roasted and cooled)
• 10 long dried thai chiles, stemmed and soaked
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon coriander, root scraped and chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons galangal, grated
• 1 tablespoon lemongrass, chopped
• 3 tablespoons shallots, chopped
• 2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
• 1/2 nutmeg, coarsely pounded and briefly roasted

Recipe

• 1 pound all ingredients with a mortar an pestle until completely smooth, adding the peanuts last. (or being a lazy cuss i use the blender).
• 2 although recipe makes enough for a curry dish with only 2 servings, you can make as much as you like and refrigerate or freeze in small portions.
• 3 this is an adopted recipe.