Massaman Beef curry

Category: 

Beef

Area: 

Thai

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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

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.