Green curry paste is known in Thai as kreaung geng geng gwio warn. It is a fragrant, fresh curry paste made with fresh herbs and some spices.
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If I could categorize my personality by using flavours, then I would be a citrus person. I love all things citrus, whether in fruit, scent or flavour. My favourite citrus is limes – to use with an ice cold margarita or even to clean my fridge with. So, when making this curry paste I tend to make sure it is ‘heavy’ on lime. This recipe below is exactly that – it has the wonderful lime scent and the strong chilli flavour is complemented by the soft notes the lime brings to the party. This recipe is a combination of the one out of my Curry recipe book, and the one given to me by Alvin Quah. You will never use all of this paste at once, but you can make it and store it in the fridge to use each time you want to make a green curry. Just fry a few teaspoons of the paste before adding it to your chosen ingredients.
Green Curry Paste | Kreaung Geng Geng Gwio Warn
Ingredients
- 10 mls coriander seeds
- 2 blades mace
- 15 mls dried red chillies
- 1 pinch fine salt
- 5 mls turmeric
- 2.5 mls white pepper
- 5 mls ground cumin
- 3 kaffir lime leaves
- 15 mls galangal paste
- 2 lemongrass stalks, white part only, chopped
- 6 green chillies, deseeded
- 30 g coriander, stalks and leaves
- 15 mls fresh root ginger, peeled and chopped
- 1 shallot, peeled and chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled
- 5 mls shrimp paste
- 4 spring onions, chopped
- 2 limes, zest and juice
- 30 mls fish sauce
- 15 mls canola oil
Method
- start by dry roasting the coriander seeds and the mace
- when you can smell the spices add all the ingredients into a blender
- blend to a smooth paste, pushing down the sides a couple of times
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What an incredible curry paste recipe Tandy – green curry is one of my favourites. I can almost smell how fragrant this must be. This would also make an awesome gift.
🙂 Mandy
I usually make extra’s for gifts – but this one I am keeping all to myself 🙂
Just love Thai curries – red or green. Sounds like a delicious paste.
I also love Thai food and this paste is really good 🙂
Sounds gorgeous – will have to put in a request to my next batch of visitors for some of the ingredients!
lucky you they all agree to bring you things!
Very nice recipe Tandy! I love curry 🙂
thank you – I love experimenting with curries 🙂
Mmm, curry! I’ve always wanted to make my own curry paste, but oh, there’s a local thai place that is just so good–and cheaper than buying some of the supplies, lemongrass is expensive around here and I don’t think I’ve seen galangal although I bet it’s at the international market. I will do it one of these days! My own fresh curry paste sounds amazing.
sometimes it is worth splashing out on the ingredients – but if you can find a good ready made paste then that it also good 🙂
I think finding a good ready made brand sounds like a good experiment–would involve lots of excuses to make curry 🙂
that works for me – I love making and experimenting with curries 🙂
I love curry paste, I have never made my own! When I went to Korea, I stocked up. I guess when I’m out I will attempt it 🙂
I al;so stock up on ingredients when we travel 🙂
Hmm, I think I’m salt. Or maybe pepper.
that is interesting Greg, you would be a spice then if I were using aromatology terms 🙂
I’ve never made my own curry paste before.. and that is why I love coming here. You always have a unique perspective on any recipe 🙂
*blush* Kay, that comment really touches my heart – thank you so much 🙂
How important is the shrimp paste? Is there any alternative I can use?
Thank you
Stephanie
Hi Stephanie, it is important but not vital. You could try swapping it out for fish sauce but I am not sure how it will taste 🙂