Pete's Laksa Paste

Ingredients

  • 1 Red Onion
  • sea salt
  • 2 tablespoons Ginger chopped
  • 4 Cloves
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric chopped
  • 1 Stalk of Lemongrass bottom 1/3 only - chopped
  • 10 Dried Chilli's or 3 Birdsey chillies
  • 6 candle nuts or macadamia
  • ½ teaspoon shrimp paste
  • 1 bunch Coriander root and stems
  • 10 Vietnamese Mint leaves
  • 1 teaspoon coriander seed
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seed
  • 4 cardamom pods
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seed
  • 4 Cloves Garlic
  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
  • Drizzle of vegetable oil (on top of paste to seal in flavour)

Method