Name: Basa gede (Balinese spice paste)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: makes about 150g
Cuisine: Balinese
Ingredients: ¾ tsp black peppercorns; ¼ nutmeg freshly grated; 15g candlenuts, macadamia nuts cashew nuts or roasted peanuts; ½ tsp sesame seeds; 30g shallots roughly chopped; 15g ginger peeled and roughly chopped; 20g galangal (or extra ginger), peeled and roughly chopped; 7g fresh turmeric peeled, or 1/2 tsp dried turmeric; 1 ½ fat lemongrass stalks, hard outer leaves removed, core chopped; 3 large garlic cloves; 1 medium-hot red chilli deseeded and roughly chopped; 2 red bird's-eye chillies roughly chopped; ½ tsp shrimp paste; 1 ½ tsp palm sugar; 1 ½ tbsp vegetable oil; juice ¼ lime

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Basa gede (Balinese spice paste)

Basa gede (Balinese spice paste)

Jack Stein

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makes about 150g

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Prep: 15 mins

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A spice paste with nuts, ginger, turmeric and chillies. Whip it up in 15 minutes, keep in the fridge and bring it out to brighten up curries

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Ingredients

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¾ tsp black peppercorns
¼ nutmeg

freshly grated
15g candlenuts, macadamia nuts

cashew nuts or roasted peanuts
½ tsp sesame seeds
30g shallots

roughly chopped
15g ginger

peeled and roughly chopped
20g galangal

(or extra ginger), peeled and roughly chopped
7g fresh turmeric

peeled, or 1/2 tsp dried turmeric
1 ½ fat lemongrass

stalks, hard outer leaves removed, core chopped
3 large garlic cloves
1 medium-hot red chilli

deseeded and roughly chopped
2 red bird's-eye chillies

roughly chopped
½ tsp shrimp paste
1 ½ tsp palm sugar
1 ½ tbsp vegetable oil
juice ¼ lime

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Nutrition: per tbsp

kcal30
fat2g
saturates0g
carbs1g
sugars1g
fibre0g
protein1g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Grind the peppercorns, nutmeg, nuts and sesame seeds to a fine powder in a spice grinder. Put the mixture in a food processor, add the remaining ingredients with 1 /2 tsp salt and blend to a very smooth paste. Will keep in the fridge for 2 weeks.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2016

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