Balinese Paste... the key Ingredient

Mash mash mash away!
This comes from the family of curry pastes. Just like thai or indian curry paste, this falls in the same boat. The only difference is that the paste is sauteed in a pan after mashed.

Left to right: Shallots, white and black pepper corns, thumbs of everything, chili, garlic, and cube of shrimp paste

Ingredients

Finely chop all ingredients:

1 thumb tumeric
1 thumb galangal
1 small thumb white tumeric
1 head of garlic
1 thumb ginger
1 tsp shrimp paste
1/4 cup macadamia nuts
1 TBSP black pepper
1 TBSP white pepper
3 small green chili peppers (depends on how much heat you like!)
1 large red chili pepper
2 shallots

Directions

Mash all ingredients till becomes a paste.
Heat 2-3 tbsp oil in pan and saute the mashed mix of ingredients for 10 minutes. Done!

*Tip: Freeze in ice cube tray and use portions when needed.