Gather the ingredients.
Place the peanuts, shallots, garlic, chiles, galangal, lemongrass, fish sauce, ground cumin, coriander, shrimp paste, palm sugar, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, and coconut milk in a food processor or blender and process until everything is well incorporated into a thick paste.
Store the curry paste in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid until ready to use.
