Massaman Beef curry

Massaman Beef curry

BeefThai
Prep: 10 mins
Total: 1 hr 10 mins

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

Instructions

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.