How to make Vegan Massaman Thai Curry Spice Mix
Massaman Curry hails from south of Thailand, a little different from typical red and green curry. It is influenced from the Indian cuisine because of the spices it contains such as cloves, nutmeg etc. At the same time it is Thai because it contains the lemongrass and galangal.
I use a tablespoon or two of this homemade Thai Massaman Curry Spice Mix in my chicken rice noodles recipe, recipe link updated. My daughter is always asking me to make it, she loves it so much.
The spices are roasted and then ground together on a mortar and pastel. A more traditional recipe contains shrimp paste, galangal and Thai chili. However, we don't do the traditional on this blog 😉
Substitutions
- Since we cannot have shrimp because of allergies, I simply did not use the shrimp paste.
- For Galangal, I just used ginger powder which is more readily available. However, there is no reason you cannot.
- Instead of the Thai red chilies I used dried red button chilies.
- Also because I wanted to keep the spice mix longer than a week and use it as and when I needed, I used dried ingredients instead of fresh to pake a powder instead of a paste.
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- 10 mins
- Makes 1 cup
- Easy
Ingredients
Whole Spices
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| 6 green cardamom pods | |
| 6 whole cloves | |
| 2 cinnamon stick | |
| 1 teaspoon coriander seed | |
| 1 teaspoon cumin seed | |
| 4 dried red button chilies | |
| 1 tablespoon black peppercorn | |
| 2 tablespoons dried lemongrass | |
Ground Spices
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| 1 teaspoon garlic powder | |
| 1 teaspoon onion powder | |
| 1 teaspoon ginger powder | |
| 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg | |
| 1/2 teaspoon mace | |
| 1 teaspoon salt | |
Equipment
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| coffee grinder |
Steps
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Done
20 sec
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2
Done
5 min
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3
Done
1 min
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4
Done
1 min
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20 sec
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Cook Notes
- Leave out the chilies for a mild spice mixture.
- Mix all the spices in the coffee grinder.
- Use fresh ginger, garlic and shallot to make a paste.
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I just made Massaman curry! It would be nice to have this recipe on hand when I can't find all the spices needed to make the paste. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this recipe. I love Massaman curry and I can't wait to make this so that I have it on hand when needed.
ReplyDeleteI always love to make my own spice blends so that I know there are no hidden ingredients. Adding this one to my list. Love the ingredients!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, how have I never used my coffee grinder for spices before? Such a good idea!
ReplyDeleteLoving all those wonderful aromatic spices! If I were to use shrimp paste, how much would I need do you think?
ReplyDeleteMassaman is one of my favourite curries. I ate it so much when we were in Thailand.
ReplyDeleteSadia - this sounds fantastic! I can't wait for the noodle recipe :)
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