Massaman Beef curry

Massaman Beef curry

Massaman Beef curry

Massaman Beef curry

Ingredients

  • Peanuts – 85g
  • Coconut cream – 400ml can
  • Massaman curry paste – 4 tbsp
  • Beef – 600g stewing cut into strips
  • Potatoes – 450g waxy
  • Onion – 1 cut thin wedges
  • Lime – 4 leaves
  • Cinnamon stick – 1
  • Tamarind paste – 1 tbsp
  • Brown sugar – 1 tbsp palm or soft light
  • Fish Sauce – 1 tbsp
  • chilli – 1 red deseeded and finely sliced, to serve
  • Jasmine Rice – to serve

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, then roast the peanuts on a baking tray for 5 mins until golden brown.
  2. When cool enough to handle, roughly chop.
  3. Reduce oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
  4. Heat 2 tbsp coconut cream in a large casserole dish with a lid.
  5. Add the curry paste and fry for 1 min, then stir in the beef and fry until well coated and sealed.
  6. 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.
  7. Bring to a simmer, then cover and cook for 2 hrs in the oven until the beef is tender.
  8. Sprinkle with sliced chilli and the remaining peanuts, then serve straight from the dish with jasmine rice.

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