Pop everything (garlic, ginger, shallots, candlenuts, chilli, turmeric powder, salt, ground coriander, peppercorns, cloves, nutmeg and shrimp paste) onto the flat base of the ulakan or into your mortar and grind away with your pestle/cobek. You shouldn't need to push or grind with too much effort, just let the weight of the pestle/cobek work its magic on your ingredients. Continue to blend until your fresh ingredients have combined into a paste.
8 tsp garlic, 5 tsp ginger, 5 shallots, 3 candlenuts, 3 chillis, 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp black peppercorns, 1 tsp cloves, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1 - 2 pinches shrimp paste