Thai Green Curry Paste

 I tried making my own Thai Green Curry Paste.... it is not difficult although there are a lot of ingredients into it. Homemade is fresher in taste than the store-bought and you can adjust the level of spiciness to your liking.

By: Roz@HomeKreation
Source: modified from here
INGREDIENTS:
1 stalk Lemongrass
3 Green Chilies
5-10 Green Cili Padi
2 Shallots
3 cloves Garlic
1" Galangal
1" Ginger
1 bunch Cilantro
1 bunch Fresh Basil
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
1/2 tsp White Pepper Powder
1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
3 tbsp Fish Sauce
1 tsp Belacan
2 tbsp Lemon Juice
1 tsp Palm Sugar
3-4 tbsp Coconut Milk

METHOD:
1. Place all  ingredients in a blender & process well until fine paste.
2. Use this paste as marinate or simply cook into curry.
3. To cook chicken/fish/beef curry, heat up some oil and stir-fry the paste with bruised lemongrass and kafir lime leaves. Add chicken and coconut milk. Balance taste with salt, lime juice or more chilies.

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
 Seronok mencuba sesuatu homemade dan nak buat sendiri Pes Kari Hijau Thai tak susah sebenarnya jika semua bahan2 sedia ada. Meh tengok resipi nya....

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Source: modified from here 
BAHAN2:
1 btg Serai
3 bj Cili Hijau
5-10 bj Cili Padi
2 ulas Bwg Merah
3 ulas Bwg Putih
1" Lengkuas
1" Halia
1 ikat Daun Ketumbar
1 ikat Daun Basil
1/2 st Serbuk Jintan Putih
1/2 st Serbuk Lada Sulah
1/2 st Serbuk Ketumbar
3 sb Sos Ikan
1 st Belacan
2 sb Jus Lemon
1 st Gula Merah

3-4sb Santan

CARA2:
1. Masukkan kesemua bahan2 ke dlm blender & proses sehingga lumat.
2. Boleh gunakan pes ini untuk perapan ayam/daging/ikan atau di masak sebagai kari.
3. Untuk memasak kari ayam/daging/ikan, panaskan sedikit minyak & tumis pes kari hijau bersama serai ketuk, daun limau purut sehingga wangi. Masukkan ayam/daging/ikan dan santan. Imbangkan rasa masin/masam/pedas.