RED CURRY PASTE

Ingredients

3 fresh red chillies or 10 dried red chillies.
1 pod of garlic
1 tsp of chopped galangal
1 stalk of lemon grass
3 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tbsp. coriander seeds
1 tbsp. pepper corns
salt to taste

Method
Dry roast cumin, coriander and pepper and cool them
place all the ingredients in a mixer and grind it into a smooth paste.
If you are using dried red chillies, de seed them and boil in 1/4 cup of water to make it smooth. discard the water and grind it into a paste with all the other ingredients.If you are using fresh red chillies ,just chop it and add with other ingredients to make a paste.
Galangal can be substituted with normal ginger and lemon grass with zest of 2 large lemons .

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