Homemade Keto Thai Red Curry Paste

Gaeng phed is a Thai red curry paste. Traditionally it’s made in a stone mortar and pestle. As that is too time-consuming for my lifestyle, I used a food processor to make this. It’s not 100% the exact same result, but if you pulse instead of blend it does get you very close to the authentic stone mortar and pestle result.

Homemade Keto Thai Red Curry PasteHomemade Keto Thai Red Curry Paste
Prik gaeng kiew

Ingredients

  • 9 large dried red chili
  • 10 small dried red chili
  • small piece of galangal
  • 1 kafir lime
  • 2 stems of lemongrass (about 3cm of the stem)
  • 2 fingerroots/Chinese keys (in Thai called krachai)
  • 3 shallots
  • 10 cloves of Thai garlic (the bulb skin of Thai garlic has a purple shine and is smaller than regular garlic)
  • 1 tsp shrimp paste (in Thai called kapi)
  • ½ tbsp rock salt
Homemade Keto Thai Red Curry PasteHomemade Keto Thai Red Curry Paste
Main dishes

Red curry is the key ingredient for Thai red curry.

Ingredients

  • 9 large dried red chili
  • 10 small dried red chili
  • small piece of galangal
  • 1 kafir lime
  • 2 stems of lemongrass (about 3cm of the stem)
  • 2 fingerroots/Chinese keys (in Thai called krachai)
  • 3 shallots
  • 10 cloves of Thai garlic (the bulb skin of Thai garlic has a purple shine and is smaller than regular garlic)
  • 1 tsp shrimp paste (in Thai called kapi)
  • ½ tbsp rock salt

Preparation

  1. Remove the seeds of the chili and soak the dried chili in water for 10 minutes.
  2. Slice 5 pieces of about 1 mm off the galangal. Peel the slices and put them cold water to prevent them from browning.
  3. Wash and peel the kafir lime. Keep the peel, discard the lime.
  4. Wash the fingerroot and discard the top and bottom.
  5. Peel and slice the shallots.
  6. Peel the garlic cloves.

Instructions

  1. Add the chili to the food processor and pulse a few times.
  2. Add the galangal and kafir lime peel to the food processor and pulse a few times.
  3. Add the fingerroot and the lemongrass to the food processor and pulse a few times.
  4. Finally add the shallots, garlic, shrimp paste and rock salt to the food processor and pulse until you get a smooth paste.

Kapi is shrimp paste made from finely crushed shrimp or krill mixed with salt, and then fermented for several weeks.

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