Bumbu Curry Paste (Genep)

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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    10
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    267

This fridge standard should see you through many a midweek meal when you have nothing on the go. A few tbsp with your chicken, beef, fish, veggies!

Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/bumbu-curry-paste-genep

recipe updated Dec 21, 2021

Ingredients

  • Shallot icon
    Shallot
    180 g
  • Lemongrass stalk icon
    Lemongrass stalk
    4
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    10
  • Red chili icon
    Red chili
    4
  • Red thai chile icon
    Red thai chile
    1
  • Macadamia nuts icon
    Macadamia nuts
    5
  • Shrimp paste icon
    Shrimp paste
    10 g
  • Ginger icon
    Ginger
    50 g
  • Galangal icon
    Galangal
    80 g
  • Kaffir lime leaves icon
    Kaffir lime leaves
    4
  • Fresh basil leaves icon
    Fresh basil leaves
    1 handful
  • Coconut sugar icon
    Coconut sugar
    80 g
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    as needed
  • Water icon
    Water
    as needed
  • Coconut milk icon
    Coconut milk
    450 ml
  • Pink himalayan salt flakes icon
    Pink himalayan salt flakes
    1 tablespoon
  • White pepper icon
    White pepper
    1 teaspoon
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    1 teaspoon
  • Fennel seeds icon
    Fennel seeds
    2 tablespoons
  • Cumin seeds icon
    Cumin seeds
    100 g
  • Cloves icon
    Cloves
    2
  • Cinnamon stick icon
    Cinnamon stick
    1
  • Coriander seeds icon
    Coriander seeds
    2 tablespoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon TM5
  • kCook icon Frying pan
  • kCook icon Jar
  • kCook icon Tm5 bowl

Step preview

  1. Add pink Himalayan salt flakes, white pepper, black pepper, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon stick and coriander seeds to a clean frying pan
  2. Heat - medium heat
  3. Toast until fragrant and just smoking, then let cool slightly
  4. Blitz with MC in place - approx 1 min, speed 9
  5. Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
  6. Repeat Blitz with MC in place - approx 1 min, speed 9
  7. Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
  8. Add the rest of the ingredients: shallots, garlic, chillis, macadamia, shrimp paste, ginger, galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime, basil and coconut sugar
  9. Blend, adding a little evoo and water to loosen up the mixture and help create a paste
  10. Blend with MC in place - 20 sec/speed 9
  11. Add extra virgin olive oil to the frying pan
  12. Tip the mixture out into the frying pan
  13. Toast until it is very fragrant and starting to catch on the bottom
  14. Return this mixture to the thermomix bowl and add the coconut milk
  15. Cook 20 min/100°C/speed 1 until the fat has started to separate out of the cream
  16. This is your finished bumbu paste. You can now use as directed or store in a sterilised sealed jar in the fridge until use
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