Homemade curry paste recipes?

[icecreamgal]

I'm interested in green, red, massaman ... whatever you have! Also, once you make the paste, how do you like to use it?

Thanks!

[bushwickgirl]

Ah, boy, I made red curry paste once, it was somewhat difficult to gather all the ingredients due to where I resided at the time. Now, although I live in a city that has all the ingredients you could want readily available, it's much easier for me to just buy the pastes, but I applaud your efforts. I do think homemade is better than commercial somehow.

This recipe most closely resembles what I think of in a good red curry paste:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Thai-Red-Curry-Paste-109465

This page has some very authentic looking Thai paste and sauce recipes, and might be worth a gander:

http://asiarecipe.com/thaicurry.html#red

Here's a blog page discussing the benefits of pounding the ingredients on a mortar and pestle, over grinding in a food processor:

http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/feat...

I hope this helps. My favs: green curry mussels, red curry chicken, green curry beef and eggplant,
any fish yellow curry, pork penang with peanuts.