Helen's Massaman Curry Paste
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Thai
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Serves: 2 jars
 
I have Thermofied Helen's by making the paste in the Thermomix pureeing the paste ingredients on speed 10 for 10 secs.
Ingredients
  • 10g dried red chillies, soaked in boiling hot water for 30 mins.
  • 2 cardamom pods, roasted
  • 1¼ teaspoons cumin seeds, roasted
  • 1½ teaspoons coriander seeds, roasted
  • 1½ teaspoons shrimp paste,
  • ¼ teaspoon whole black peppercorns
  • 2 cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 stalk lemongrass, finely sliced
  • 1 tablespoon galangal, peeled and finely chopped
  • ¼ cup garlic, finely chopped
  • ½ cup red onion, finely chopped
Instructions
  1. Roast the shrimp paste, wrapped in foil and roasted in 200C oven for 15 mins
  2. Roast dry spices as noted above (except for dried chillies and shrimp paste), in dry pan stirring constantly, till pungent, then put aside.
  3. Combine roasted dry spices, peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon into the Thermomix Bowl for 1 min/ speed 10.
  4. Remove chillies from water (keep the water) and chop finely & add to the dry spices.
  5. Add all remaining paste ingredients and process 30 secs to a min on speed 9 to a form a paste, using some of the chilli soaking water if the paste needs to be moistened during this process.
  6. Makes approx 1 cup of paste. Paste can be kept frozen in an ice cube container, or will keep in the fridge for approx 2 weeks.
Recipe by Arwen's Thermo Pics - Hobart Thermomix Consultant at https://arwensthermopics.com/helens-massaman-curry-paste/