Homemade Vegan Thai Green Curry Paste

Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free Homemade Thai Green Curry Paste recipe using all fresh ingredients in few quick steps. A healthy alternative for Thai curry paste with no preservative or no additive.  Simply mix all the ingredients, blend and ready to use.  To reduce your work further, make a double or triple batch of this and freeze it. For your next dish where you want to use the same flavors, all you have to do is pop some cubes out of the freezer.

Use for Quick Weeknight Dinner Recipes

Cooking is not just for those who have a lot of pleasure time to spend in kitchen. Busy families also want to put healthy and fresh meals at the family dinner tables. You can make the Thai Green Curry paste over the weekend and freeze it. Then during the weekdays, you can use it for recipes like vegetarian Thai Green Curry Quinoa. Just saute the vegetables of your choice in Instant pot, add quinoa, frozen curry paste cubes and coconut milk. Let the IP (Instant Pot) cook while you set up the dinner table and your warm fresh healthy meal will be ready just-in-time.

Made-from-Scratch with No Preservatives or other Adulterants

 One of the key ingredients for any Thai green curry recipe is the Thai green curry paste. Most people would usually buy it from a store assuming it is complicated to make. More effluent and health conscious consumers will go for the high-end organic brands of green curry paste. However, you’ll be surprised to see how simple it is to make your own Thai Green Curry paste from scratch at home and then store it for extended use later.

Modify Recipe Based on Taste or Dietary Preference

Other big advantage of making Thai Green Curry paste at home is that you can modify the ingredients as you need. For example, I need my Thai curry paste to be vegetarian and especially do not like the smell or taste of fish oil. So, my recipe of that green curry paste is completely vegetarian and has no fish oil also. I used some of my favorite veggies such as lemon grass, green Thai chilies, shallots, garlic, galangal, cilantro and basil with coconut milk, Soy sauce and Lemon juice. Now if you don’t eat garlic, just don’t add it and substitute it for something else. To make it Gluten free and wheat free substitute soy sauce with Tamari.

Thai Green Curry Paste Ingredients:

From Pantry

• Coconut milk – 1/2 cup
• Soy sauce – 2 tbs (for Gluten or Wheat Free version use Tamari instead)
• Lemon Juice – 3 tbs or more depending on taste
• Spices
  • Sugar – 2 tbs
  • Coriander powder – 1 tbs
  • Roasted cumin powder – 1 tbs
  • Black pepper powder – 1 tbs

Produce

• Lemon Grass – 3 stalks chopped
• Green Thai Chilies – 12 to 15 chilies depending on your spice level
• Shallots – 3 medium size chopped
• Garlic – 4 to 6 cloves based on taste
• Galangal – 100 gms (three thumb size pieces; if you not able to find galangal then use ginger instead)
• Cilantro – 3 cups chopped leaves and stems
• Basil – 1 cup

Above quantity of ingredients will be enough to make curry paste for 3 – 4 batches for a family of four.

Thai Green Curry Paste Method: 

1. Put all the ingredients in the blender and blend till you get a fine paste and you are done.
2. Really…. there are no more steps.

If you feel like, you can taste the curry and personalize it according to your taste by adjusting the spices. Remember, this is not cooked, so it is going to taste little strong. Now you can use this curry past in your dish or you can store it for future use, like I do.

Freeze these and then whenever you need Thai green curry flavors, simply pop a few cubes and use them.

Other condiments and sauces you may like to try:

Homemade Garam Masala Recipe – (Blend of 12 Warm Spices)

Peanut Satay Sauce: Made from Whole Peanuts and Sesame Seeds

Saunth: Sweet Chutney with Green Mango and Dates

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Homemade Vegan Thai Green Curry Paste

Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free Homemade Thai Green Curry Paste recipe using all fresh ingredients in few quick steps. A healthy alternative for Thai curry paste with no preservative or no
additive.  Simply mix all the ingredients, blend and ready to use.  To reduce your work further, make a double or triple batch of this and freeze it. For your next dish where you want to use the same flavors, all you have to do is pop some cubes out of the freezer.

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Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time5 mins

Course: Condiments, Main Course

Cuisine: Thai

Keyword: green curry paste, thai curry, Thai curry paste, Thai green Curry

Servings: 16 People

Calories: 42kcal

Author: Rupali Agarwal

Equipment

• Blender

Ingredients

• 60 gms Lemon Grass 3 stalks chopped
• 5 oz Green Thai Chilies 3 stalks chopped
• 4.5 oz Shallots 3 medium size chopped
• 5 gms Garlic 4 to 6 cloves based on taste
• 100 gms Galangal three thumb size pieces; if you not able to find galangal then use ginger instead
• 10 gm Cilantro 3 cups chopped leaves and stems
• 1 cup Basil 1 cup
• 1/2 cup Coconut milk
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce for Gluten or Wheat Free version use Tamari instead
• 3 tbsp Lemon Juice 3 tbs or more depending on taste

Spices

• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tbsp Coriander powder
• 1 tbsp Roasted cumin powder
• 1 tbsp Black pepper

Instructions

• Put all the ingredients in the blender and blend till you get a fine paste and you are done.
• If you feel like, you can taste the curry and personalize it according to your taste by adjusting the spices. Remember, this is not cooked, so it is going to taste little strong. Now you can use this curry past in your dish or you can store it for future use, like I do.
• Freeze these and then whenever you need Thai green curry flavors, simply pop a few cubes and use them.

Notes

Above quantity of ingredients will be enough to make curry paste for 3 – 4 batches for a family of four. Most of the Thai curry pastes available in stores use fish sauce or shrimp paste as one of the ingredients. You are welcome to use it also, if you prefer. I have not used it to keep the dish vegetarian.

Nutrition Facts

Homemade Vegan Thai Green Curry Paste

Amount Per Serving

Calories 42 Calories from Fat 18

% Daily Value*

Fat 2g3%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Sodium 159mg7%

Potassium 105mg3%

Carbohydrates 6g2%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 3g3%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 136IU3%

Vitamin C 4mg5%

Calcium 17mg2%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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