Green Curry Paste Recipe พริกแกงเขียวหวาน - Hot Thai Kitchen!

Green curry is a classic Thai dish that's famous all over the world. You may have tried making the curry using store bought paste, but perhaps it's time to try making it from scratch? :) It's really a fascinating experience to see the transformation of the ingredients little by little, and you will feel so proud of the finished curry at the end!
If you want to make a whole bunch, you certainly can, and it will freeze really well :).
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Pailin “Pai” Chongchitnant is the author of the Hot Thai Kitchen cookbook, co-host of a Canadian TV series One World Kitchen on Gusto TV, and creator and host of the KZbin channel Pailin's Kitchen.
Pai was born and raised in southern Thailand where she spent much of her "playtime" in the kitchen. She traveled to Canada to study Nutritional Sciences at the University of British Columbia, and was later trained as a chef at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in San Francisco.
After working in both Western and Thai professional kitchens, she decided that her passion really lies in educating and empowering others to cook at home via KZbin videos, her cookbook, and cooking classes. She currently lives in Vancouver, and goes to Thailand every year to visit her family. Visit her at hot-thai-kitchen.com
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[@Apollonos]

Thanks for this awesome recipe and for all your helpful tips! I loved the fact that you used a mortar and pestle to make the paste. I'm old-fashioned, and I like to use my mortar and pestle, too. I can't wait to try this recipe.

[@hankagomolakova2207]

Thank you Pailin for these recipes! I just made green curry and made my own paste. It tastes wonderful even though I didn't find shrimp paste and substituted galangal with ginger. Amazing with sweet green peas, tofu and brocolli! I will definitely try your hot thai chicken :) as well! Amazing cooking and thank you for all these delicious recipes!

[@tm71100]

Well Done , thanks for sharing......I have been working on my green curry with chicken for 15 years and have finally nailed it to the way I love it. Would have been sooner if I knew of your channel 10 years ago.

[@hikuwai]

Just favorited this -- thank you! I would love to see a video on kua kling, my favorite southern Thai dish.

[@peterstang]

It is always so pleasant to watch you work. Beautiful chef and good recipes.

[@veeralkothari7147]

Jpeterstang

[@Lord_Rankor]

I am lucky to live in a big city with a big Thai population - didn’t take long to find all these ingredients at an Asian grocery store. And WOW WOW WOW this is the only green curry paste I’ll ever use! Used for the best green curry chicken I’ve ever had. Can’t wait to try it with other Thai dishes. Thanks!!

[@user-ho1ol4rp8k]

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[@Cinco-da-mayo]

Love the recipe and knowledge of blenders!! Love you pai ❤️❤️😘😘

[@syvestiannul7095]

I saw many ppl came here after roger react to jamie's thai green curry. Yes you guys made a good choice to learn the correct way to do thai green curry paste

[@annesway5380]

Thank u so much for sharing your recipes. I'm from Philippines but i just loooove thai food. It's super yummy. Specially this green curry paste. 😍😋

[@jdryak]

You are a delight to watch and listen to! I learn so much and am excited to discover your wonderful channel. Thanks so much!

[@blobster91]

Loveeeee Thai food.thai curry and rice is comfort food for me.im an Indian from the coastal areas of Maharashtra and we use a lot of coconut in our cooking.

[@chrypco]

I came here after watching Uncle Roger react to Jamie Oliver cooking green curry because I need to get educated on the authentic green curry recipe and rewrite the memory of what I just watched earlier 😭

[@marcuslee3051]

Me too! Jamie's confidence is just staggering once you know the real way to cook Thai green curry

[@twistingaether]

I'm a regular on this channel but also had to come back and watch this video just to get Jamie's voice out of my head. The first thing he added was ginger and I was like NO.

[@nathanielang4402]

Yeyya

[@banksofnoon7867]

Me too.

[@tnyamaneko6093]

Me too, the only potential haiyaa in this weejio could be the vasectomy of some of the green peppers.

[@sarwat9720]

i love thai food nd I'm glad to found ur channel. thanks for sharing

[@opwave79]

Thanks fir sharing this! I also liked the mortar and pestle technique.

[@hanianwar8238]

Thank you for sharing. I love your recipes 💖 and love that pestle & mortar.

[@sunyskitchendiaries]

Wow. Amazing I am going to give this a try. Thank you for sharing this!! Hopefully my local asian super market will have all the ingredients. Wish me luck!!!!

[@san-ju30]

I made this green curry paste for a friend and the response from her whole family was “Your green curry is amazing!” So super duper happy to hear that. Her family said it’s much better (both in fragrance & taste) than one that came from a home-based business (got it as a gift). Thank you so much for this recipe, Pailin!

[@roni_aust1594]

Love you Thai cooking demos well explained. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@mariahwang1537]

This is amazing. I'm never going back to pre-made paste. Thank you for your genius!

[@daphnetly]

I am trying out your green curry paste for the first time. I am excited. 👍

[@bryanchitwood6488]

Outstanding recipe. Froze well and was fantastic despite having to use jalapenos, culantro and ginger--and I know how the chef feels about subbing ginger for galangal. Made big enough batch that food processor worked quite well.

[@poongodimylsamy9693]

Seriously I love Thai foods whenever I saw the food i think definitely I want had bt in my cuntry particularly my area lot of ur thinks I can't get so i just watching the video's that's all.u r such a good teacher u know, very clear pronounciation slow and steady demonstration toooooooo good.

[@samzsong4652]

Just made this paste. However, I was tempted to taste the paste and it was NOT good. I wasn't even sure the paste was correct. But once I used it in the cooking the flavor was spot on. The only thing I omitted was the cumin because I never liked the smell. I also couldn't find cilantro roots and had to use the stems. Thank you Pai, I have tried several of your recipes and they are so spot on and authentic. I only make minor adjustments here and there but always use your recipes as the foundation. I'm glad you use the shrimp paste and stinky stuff in a lot of your recipes like it should be done. So hard to find authentic Thai where I live where it's not diluted. I was able to cook so many Thai dishes from your channel.

[@jimlee5626]

Palin, LOVE your channel. We just made 4 cups of your paste from fresh veg from the garden. Jalapeños, shallots, lemon grass, and garlic. All else was store bought. We eat Thai all over the US. This recipe is spot on and the best my wife and I have tasted. Thanks for the great instruction.

[@heejinpark6863]

I made this paste exactly as is then made a green curry with potatoes. Couldn't be better. OMG. Soooooo nice. Much better than one from thai restaurants. You should try it.

[@iceburgGorilla]

Pailin's sense of humor is on point

[@CultureRecipe]

When I was looking for the authentic recipe of Thai green curry, I stumbled upon your earlier videos! I do remember you mentioning that people in Thailand generally use store-bought pastes coz the tedious process making the paste involves! But I'm glad you finally showed the green curry paste :) Also love the fact that you use a peste and mortar! I'm an Indian and I have a similar pestle and mortar at home :)

[@mix-up7757]

Culture Recipe Hi, I'm Thai. Our ancients have learned a lot from your Indian ancients. At arts school, we learned your Ancient civilization as our prototype of culture. Thus many Thai things look alike Indian ones. ^^

[@coffeebeann1]

🤗

[@ElieBei]

I made the paste today, but I tripled the amount, as I intend to use it in several batches. I tested the paste by cooking a tablespoon with about 400 grams of firm tofu and it turned out great. Thanks for the recipe.

[@chaserz94]

Yayyy! The return of Yoga Sloth! 🙌

[@HeroicCoachDan]

Ok going to try this for dinner tomorrow. Green Thai seafood curry! And you are awesome! Thank you.

[@celineng3855]

I just tried your recipe, it's my 1st time using your recipe, DAMN, It makes me eat 3 bowl of rice, super Appertizing😍😍

[@yummytummy88]

Another food video that makes you hungry and looking for me. Thanks Pai

[@rawana863]

I’ve always loved Pailin’s videos, but I virtually came running here after uncle Roger roasted Jamie Oliver because I wanted to remember what it’s like to love Thai green curry 😆

[@mrspleasants8529]

I am making this for the second time...the last time was so very tasty and truly the best green curry I have had...and I made it from scratch!

[@Threeke]

I must try this out ..,your presentation too good..

[@SuperMeat83]

That looks amazing and easy to scale up so you can make it once and freeze it to use the one batch for a lot of different meals. thanks :)

[@yengher7]

YES! Recipe for this paste!!!!!!!

[@rowenadinsmore1]

Nice! Now I know how the paste is done.

[@MrSneakerguy1]

Thank you, thank you. I have a boarding house where I house international students that come to Canada for school. Just recently I have had a student come join us from Thailand. I used your recipe here for green curry and he told me it was better than home. I have also used your recipes for Jok and Larp for him and he loves them. I find myself now making Jok twice a week so he has it for breakfast everyday.. I love your videos and will keep watching so I can learn more. We love Thai food.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

Cool, I like adding a half teaspoon of clear Sambucca to green curry right near the very end to give a hint of anise flavour to in the likely event that people don’t have access to Thai basil. I grew a Thai basil last summer in Ontario. I dried the leaves but wish I’d frozen them instead. Will do that this summer.

[@TheScheisseMonster]

Looks so yummy! Are we going to see any videos from your time in thailand?

[@nujhumshonda8788]

Just looking at the paste, dayuuummmn!!!

[@husohomeful]

looks so beautiful!!!

[@nasgorseleranusantara]

Thank you for share this recipe,miss.. Im your KZbin fans since 2013. Greetings from🇮🇩Indonesia..

[@adamthehtkminion6750]

Wow!

[@markscott5257]

I have the same Mortar and Pestle ! love your videos !

[@jeffgeorge1208]

Made this at the Thai farm cooking school in chang mai, was way fun. Rock on YOGA SLOTH!

[@renekaminski2818]

Thank you for the receipe. I do green Thai Curry paste since years and it helped me to cook my favourite dish incl. controlling the amount, but also varying the combinations, e.g. w/ grilled lamb steaks preparred separately or mango salads etc. The green curry made with self-made green thai curry paste looks and tasts pretty fresh with a warm green-yellow tone and not olive. In second case, I would leave it.

[@vijaysingh-zg6wp]

Ur recepies r beautiful just like u ...😊

[@camlifestyle2637]

thank you that you put subtitles in the video

[@thamkbee5951]

Had tried once, v nice!

[@seemashanbhag5276]

Tried your recipe. It was hit. Thank you so much. Can you share some vegetable pickle recipes? I would love to make it.

[@gentleman2410]

Craving for Thai curry , making it now.

[@josephinelim3694]

I REALLY LOVE YOUR TSHIRT! lol

[@simonevalenti2082]

I've been following your channel for months now and as an asian dishes lover I tried a lot of your recipes. I really appreciate your work. I have a question for you: how may I use galangal root?

[@bluestarman1083]

Thankyou, i'll give it a go tonight.

[@iiyalahii2048]

stone mortar give out the best taste. unlike blinder

[@louiserandle9105]

Thank you, my Grandma just gave me a bunch of green chillies and I thought I'd make a paste from scratch :)

[@oliverjackson9008]

Thank you watching from Jamaica

[@rhiavasquez6982]

Thanks for this recipe. Most of your recipes I’ve tried to cook are delectable. I’m planning to add some of your ingredients with our typical Filipino Chicken curry, kind of experiment. Can I substitute the lemongrass paste (Thai Choice brand)?

[@renujayajaya]

You are super cute!!!! Thanks for this. Thai cooking is a lot like our Sri Lankan cooking. I think I am going to buy the green curry paste from the grocery store and will add the grounded Thai basal leaves to it at home! I hope I can find these at a grocery store here in Minneapolis:(

[@wong6645]

Made it, loved it

[@CocoTiu]

Very pretty kind and generous woman. Good thai cooking

[@deepakdanghi5178]

Very good job I watch you every video.

[@priyajain5688]

Hey this is awesome. I m from India, it’s request if u could post some of Thai dishes which we can make vegetarian.We too use motor pestle as u used n it gives better result than any electrical appliance.

[@omgwth7567]

excellent explanation.

[@malinigirish7923]

Excellent explanation....

[@fpaul8078]

Thank you for the recipe. I tried this and had to substitute some with dried ingredients but they still tasted quite good.

[@sheyf7562]

I love Thai food and i usually have at least one Thai dishe when i get to travel. But i recently found garlic and onions makes tummy boated. Can i exclude if i make green curry using ginger for this recipe. Im sorry i know it sound weird.

[@mixy2647]

Nice!| If you don't have kaffir limes and you replace it by leaves, should you use fresh leaves or you can get away with the dry ones? Also, if you don't have cilantro roots, how many stems do you need to substitute the roots ? Thanks!

[@kanatraful]

Came here because I’m following your written recipe and made a mistake-my local Asian grocer only had dried lemongrass, and I didn’t pre-grind it or rehydrate it before I used it…I’ve been mortar and pestle-ing my paste for over an hour, and it’s barely broken up at all 😂

[@parkjis7]

hi kru Pai, how long can it be kept in fridge(not in the freezer part)?

[@cherylkhoo619]

Hi Pai, thanks a lot, I love to cook your dishes. question instead of cumin and coriander seeds, can I use cumin and coriander powder instead? once again, thanks for sharing ! Ciku

[@dungphan6061]

How long will it last in room temperature? The curry paste I bought in store last 2 years. Thanks

[@angie7123]

I love your channel! Thank you for your awesome recipes! I really want to make this. Can you please share ideas on vegan substitutes for shrimp paste and fish oil?Thanks so much!

[@PailinsKitchen]

Hi Pokey, Adam here - and I think you're going to have to ask her that one directly as she doesn't see the comments on here once the post is more than a week old (as per her note above). You can check out options to get hold of her here hot-thai-kitchen.com/contact . Cheers! (I do know that you can substitute fish sauce and soy sauce one-to-one ... but re the shrimp paste I'm not sure.)

[@trappenweisseguy27]

For fish sauce you can try a little bit of the Golden Mountain sauce. For shrimp paste ??. You might be able to get some umami from mushrooms. Maybe a mushroom soy sauce. Keep an eye on the overall salt levels though.

[@mahshidvossogh4645]

thanks I loved it, I'm going to make it too 🙏👏👏👏👌👌👆

[@mralrashedq8]

love it ... thank u

[@FunkMonkey33]

What do you guys do about all the extra moisture in the paste? Mine is really wet, and it thinned out the curry a bit. Should I cook off the water before adding any other ingredients? Thanks.

[@tanluwils1736]

I would recommend Korean miso called "dwaenjang" or another Korean soybean paste called "cheong guk jang". Both have a much deeper, briny flavor than Japanese miso, but also have that musky/funky aroma that gapi is known for.

[@synkahlan]

huh ? no way.. Korean soybean paste and Japanese miso taste totally different from Gapi... gapi has spice and prawn taste.... those Korean and Japanese paste has none of those.. it is just soy or miso..

[@tanluwils1736]

@@synkahlan It's true they are very different from gapi. My gapi sticks up the kitchen with a pungent fermented shrimp-like aroma that I love. High quality Korean bean paste [dwen jang] has its own briny, fermented funk, but of course it isn't the same. Perhaps an even better substitute is another Korean bean paste called cheong guk jang. It has a stronger fermented smell and is much less salty, but when combined with a good fish sauce into a Thai curry paste prior to cooking, the effect is surprisingly similar to gapi. I recommend dwen jang first because it's more readily available at generic Asian grocery stores.

[@orangyX_]

I find it easiest to grind the kaffir lime leaves first whenever I make the paste then dish aside, grind chilies then dish aside, then grind galangal, then lemongrass, then cilantro and Thai basil, then put lime leaves and chilies in, then grind shallots then garlic then incorporate shrimp paste.

[@raheejoshi6272]

Thank you very much . Made chicken + veggies green Thai curry with rice. Turned out very tasty. I don’t know how to send you the photo of it. Shall forward you asap. 🙏🙏🙏

[@nikolaasdigi]

Thank you so much! :) xoxo

[@StephAnie-fd9vl]

Just found out you are a fellow Vancouverite! :) Wondering if you can give some recommendations on where to buy all these ingredients? Any specific Thai supermarket in the city?

[@henrywidjaja4982]

sawaadeekhap pailin :-) tx4share Gaeng Khae Wan receipt it's awesome

[@mariedumbrigue]

please make a video of red ruby dessert

[@muhamadadipratomo8116]

Gapi/shrimp paste in Indonesia we have "terasi"😀

[@TamaraInTanzania]

Love it

[@rina2012ful]

Hi Pai. Do i need to remove the white part of the kefir lime skin? I understand the white pith gives a bitter taste.

[@lauram9720]

what capacity or size mortar and pestle set do you recommend for generalized Thai cooking?

[@mxbitter]

oh hey, i didn't know you could freeze curry paste! thanks for the tip!

[@devarajyuvaraj3910]

Ma'am Pailin can you post macaron recipe . Please

[@celineng3855]

I follow your recipe..damn it taste so delicious..especially j use box coconut thick milk..super creamy and super taste nice

[@DStrayCat69]

Excellent :-)

[@alohaaloha4601]

So clever who invented green curry.

[@ddom1621]

Aloha Aloha Weinstein.

[@dirtymcghee]

Thai people

[@GenXGamez]

Have a feeling my Alabama Publix won't be carrying "Galangal" "Lemon Grass" and "Shrimp Paste" - I give up. Carry on - looks great.

[@LoLiTsAlExhaha]

Most of the ingredients are not available in my country so I have to stick to the store bought paste but thank you so much for this recipe!

[@kuyaleinad4195]

Alex Chiara Toniolo Here's what you can do :D -You don't actually need Corriander seeds and roots to make a decent curry. I just don't add them since my family doesn't like corriander. -Substitute the Lemongrass with ginger instead -I can't find galangal too so I don't add it. -White peppercorns can be substituted with Black peppercorns. -As she said, you don't have to add shrimp paste (I don't too). MSG would do the same purpose if you still want the effect of the shrimp paste. -You can also substitute Kaffir Lime Zest to normal lime zest. Hope it helped :D

[@kaweejay]

Alex i live in Atlanta. I coudnt find the kaffir lime lead so i used the skin of the yellow lime instead and it worked wonderfully! Other stuff you may find them in the Asian grocery store.I hope:)

[@LoLiTsAlExhaha]

Kuya Leinad I wouldn't put shrimp paste in because I cannot eat it but thank you for the subs. ❤

[@LoLiTsAlExhaha]

kaweeJay official Thank you! I'm in the Caribbean, I can't find the galangal, basil leaves, thai chilies, shallots or the lime but I will try to sub with other ingredients, it won't be authentic but it'll be "my version" lol. I can barely find store bought curry paste, so when I visit the states I usually buy it there. 😩

[@kidgokuxl]

I love fresh home made stuff like this recipe, very good! Just to get off subject a bit. Do you know a recipe for coconut milk grilled chicken? I saw the dish just recently and it looked and sounded delicious. Just thought I'd ask, thank you.

[@sheelanambiar7126]

So charming n pretty, so lovely the way u do receipes 👏👏👏🌹

[@walterstrahota2956]

Awesome!

[@prakasharjunbodwade]

Are dry spices Coriander and cumin to be roasted before pounding

[@MD-cd1ww]

Would anchovies be a good substitute for shrimp paste? Thanks!

[@adamthehtkminion6750]

Hi Adam here - and I have no idea myself, so if you want to ask her that one directly rather that put it out to the community (as she doesn't see the comments on here once the post is more than a week old as per her note above), you can check out all the options to get hold of her at hot-thai-kitchen.com/contact . Cheers!

[@mahaaryaman7088]

Dear Pailin may I say I love your cooking and you inspired me to love Thai food . I have watched you cook many times but I always want to cook Thai food but when I go to buy curry paste it has something that you usually don't put in your curry paste it is coconut milk. Is coconut ok in curry paste and do people put coconut milk in curry paste .

[@cHemon]

Aaron Bhikhai In Thailand I have never seen anyone adding coconut milk in curry paste. Coconut milk when making curry, yes. Coconut milk when making paste, no. Also all the store-bought pastes I see have no coconut milk in them. What kind of products you're talking about?

[@mahaaryaman7088]

thank you for your help when I go to a regular grocery that has curry paste has it with coconut milk thanks

[@nerliYaleks]

i hope the next video is something involving that curry paste *-* btw, the other day i finally found the fermented soy bean paste to use it in rad na, but what more dishes could iuse it for so i consume it faster?

[@flaubertot]

nerliYaleks try flaming morning glory... its awesome and full of that paste

[@flaubertot]

aka. waterspinach stirfry

[@nerliYaleks]

cool, i'll search it thx ^.^