Southern Shrimp Paste Chilli Paste Recipe
by Luke Farrell
8
20 minutes
Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp of shrimp paste
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 5 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1/2 coriander root, roughly chopped
  • 4 bird's eye chillies, or more to taste
  • 1 tbsp of palm sugar
  • lime juice, from 2 regular limes, or at least 4 calamansi limes
  • 2 tbsp of warm water
Method
1

Pound the shrimp paste with the salt, garlic, coriander root and chillies in a pestle and mortar. Then, add the palm sugar and pound again

  • 2 tbsp of shrimp paste
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 5 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1/2 coriander root, roughly chopped
  • 4 bird's eye chillies, or more to taste
  • 1 tbsp of palm sugar
2

Add the lime juice and warm water to combine. It should be hot, sour and salty

  • lime juice, from 2 limes
  • 2 tbsp of warm water
3

Enjoy, stirred through hot rice and with a selection of herbs and vegetables. Cucumber, celery, iceberg lettuce, radishes, Thai eggplant slices, long beans, green mango and sprigs of curry leaf all work well