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

Beef

4 servings

977 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Roast the peanuts at 400°F until golden, cool and roughly chop; reduce oven to 350°F.

Peanuts

Step 2

Heat 2 tbsp coconut cream in a large casserole, fry massaman curry paste 1 minute, add beef and brown until well coated.

Coconut creamMassaman curry pasteBeef

Step 3

Stir in the remaining coconut cream, add potatoes, onion, lime leaves, cinnamon stick, tamarind paste, brown sugar, fish sauce and most of the chopped peanuts.

Coconut creamPotatoesOnionLimeCinnamon stickTamarind pasteBrown sugarFish SaucePeanuts

Step 4

Bring to a simmer, cover and cook in the oven 2 hours until the beef is tender.

Step 5

Sprinkle with sliced chilli and the remaining peanuts and serve with jasmine rice.

ChilliPeanutsJasmine Rice