Massaman Beef curry
Beef
Thai

Massaman Beef curry

Ingredients

  • Peanuts85g
  • Coconut cream400ml can
  • Massaman curry paste4 tbsp
  • Beef600g stewing cut into strips
  • Potatoes450g waxy
  • Onion1 cut thin wedges
  • Lime4 leaves
  • Cinnamon stick1
  • Tamarind paste1 tbsp
  • Brown sugar1 tbsp palm or soft light
  • Fish Sauce1 tbsp
  • chilli1 red deseeded and finely sliced, to serve
  • Jasmine Riceto serve

Preparation Steps

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, then roast the peanuts on a baking tray for 5 mins until golden brown. When cool enough to handle, roughly chop. Reduce oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.

Heat 2 tbsp coconut cream in a large casserole dish with a lid. Add the curry paste and fry for 1 min, then stir in the beef and fry until well coated and sealed. Stir in the rest of the coconut with half a can of water, the potatoes, onion, lime leaves, cinnamon, tamarind, sugar, fish sauce and most of the peanuts. Bring to a simmer, then cover and cook for 2 hrs in the oven until the beef is tender.

Sprinkle with sliced chilli and the remaining peanuts, then serve straight from the dish with jasmine rice.

Tags

#Curry