Massa
Man Curry Paste

Homemade curry paste recipe

Hello Everyone, 

Welcome to my Thai Kitchen recipe blog post. 

Today I will give you a simple recipe for the Massaman curry paste 

Massaman is the curry from southern Thailand with the taste style from Malaysia and Muslim culture.

You can make Massaman curry with chicken, The best type of chicken is chicken breast or any part with bones+ chicken will make an excellent Massaman curry. You can also make Massaman with pork and beef. The choice is up to you. 


Here is the Ingredient 

  • 2 tsp toasted coriander seeds

  • 2 tsp toasted cumin seeds

  • ½ tsp white peppercorns

  • 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon

  • ½ tsp ground cloves

  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg

  • ½ tsp ground cardamom

  • 40g mild, dried red chilies, seeds removed

  • 2 tsp salt

  • ½ cup chopped shallots

  • ⅓ cup chopped lemongrass, use only the bottom half of the stalk

  • ¼ cup chopped galangal

  • 4 cilantro roots

  • ¼ cup chopped garlic

  • 2 tsp fermented shrimp paste (gapi)

Instructions

Combine all dry spices in a coffee grinder and blitz until fine; remove from the grinder and set aside. Grind the dried chilies in the coffee grinder until fine and set aside.

Add all remaining ingredients into the blender jug and blend into a rough paste using an immersion blender. Add all the dry ground ingredients and keep mixing, scraping in between as needed, until smooth.

Using a mortar and pestle:

  1. Pound lemongrass, galangal and cilantro roots, and salt until it becomes a fine paste.

  2. Add shallots and garlic and pound until fine, adding the dry spices as needed to help absorb moisture and increase friction.

  3. Once it is a fine paste, add any remaining dry spices and the shrimp paste and pound to mix well.