Massaman Beef Curry
Melt-in-the-mouth beef stewed slow and low in rich coconut cream with nutty roasted peanuts.
Ingredients
85g peanuts, roasted and chopped200g
400ml tin coconut cream400ml
4 tbsp Massaman curry paste195g
600g braising beef, cut into strips600g
450g waxy potatoes, cut into chunks1kg
1 onion, cut into thin wedges1kg
4 lime leaves10g
1 cinnamon stick15g
1 tbsp tamarind paste200g
1 tbsp soft light brown sugar500g
1 tbsp fish sauce150ml
1 red chilli, deseeded and finely sliced50g
300g jasmine rice, to serve1kg
Method
- 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.
Cost to cook
4
serves 4 ·
Mostly estimated prices. Full-pack shop cost · about £14.99 of it is what this recipe actually uses.
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Tesco Asda
£23.69 est. · serves 4