{"id":125,"date":"2016-08-14T22:08:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T22:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/?p=125"},"modified":"2016-08-14T22:08:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T22:08:45","slug":"thai-yellow-curry-paste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/thai-yellow-curry-paste\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Yellow Curry Paste"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>4 shallots<\/li>\n<li>4 large FULL HEADS (not cloves) of garlic<\/li>\n<li>6 inch piece of fresh ginger<\/li>\n<li>12-15 (plus-or-minus) whole Thai chili peppers (fresh is better, but sometimes you can only find them dried)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 tbsp salt<\/li>\n<li>2-3 tbsp tumeric<\/li>\n<li>2-3 tbsp curry powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp ground coriander<\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp lemongrass paste<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup packed fresh cilantro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.<\/li>\n<li>Peel the shallots, drizzle with oil, and wrap in foil<\/li>\n<li>Peel the ginger, cut into thin slices. \u00a0Arrange in a single layer, drizzle with oil, wrap in foil.<\/li>\n<li>Peel the garlic, cut the top off the heads, drizzle with oil, wrap each head in foil.<\/li>\n<li>Place all the foil packets on a baking sheet. \u00a0Bake for 15 minutes. \u00a0Remove the ginger, increase the temperature to 400, and roast shallots and garlic for another 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>If using dried chilis, pour boiling water over them to rehydrate them. \u00a0Soak for 15 minutes then drain.<\/li>\n<li>Put everything in a food processor or strong blender and puree until it reaches your desired consistency.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Comments<\/h2>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pinchofyum.com\" target=\"_blank\">pinchofyum.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seriously great yellow curry paste. \u00a0We usually make it without shallots or cilantro because Hank doesn&#8217;t like them and it still tastes really good\u00a0(although I know it would be better with cilantro!). \u00a0It was spicier when I made it with fresh peppers, but the recipe originally calls for dried peppers. \u00a0I&#8217;ve had it with both and both are good, I just like the spicier version better so I use fresh peppers when I can.<\/p>\n<p>I freeze the paste after the first batch and it keeps for a long time. \u00a0(Probably&#8230; we love it so much it usually doesn&#8217;t last long, even in the freezer, because we eat it!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 4 shallots 4 large FULL HEADS (not cloves) of garlic 6 inch piece of fresh ginger 12-15 (plus-or-minus) whole Thai chili peppers (fresh is better, but sometimes you can only find them dried) 1 1\/2 tbsp salt 2-3 tbsp tumeric 2-3 tbsp curry powder 2 tsp ground coriander 3 tbsp lemongrass paste 1\/4 cup <a href=\"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/thai-yellow-curry-paste\/\"> read more <span class=\"meta-nav\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}