Ingredients for the red curry paste -shrimp paste, salt, pepper, garlic, shallot, hot peppers, galangal, kaffir peel, and red chile (not spicy).

After grinding all the ingredients in a mortor and pestal, this is what it's supposed to look like (the instructor's paste on the left, mine on the right). Think I'll use a cusinart next time.

Coconut milk is added during cooking to make the sauce.

Ingredients for the curry - fresh basil leaves, eggplant, boiled potato, pickled bamboo, green beans, hot pepper, kaffir leaves, fresh peppercorns, and chicken.
Showing me the proper way to cut vegetables.
What it looks like before cooking it all together.
Angela's red curry dish.