Massaman Beef curry

Summary

Beef - Thai

Ingredients

• 600 g Veal (stewing cut into strips)
  Swaps (1)
• 85 g Peanuts
  Swaps (1)
• 1 Onion (cut thin wedges)
• 450 g Potato (waxy)
  Swaps (1)
• 4 leaves Lime
  Swaps (1)
• 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
  Swaps (1)
• 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar (palm or soft light)
• 1 Cinnamon Stick
• 1 tablespoon Tamarind Paste
• Jasmine Rice (to serve)
• 400 ml Coconut Cream (can)
• 1 Chilli (red deseeded and finely sliced, to serve)
• 4 tablespoons Massaman curry paste

Instructions

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   Sprinkle with sliced chilli and the remaining peanuts, then serve straight from the dish with jasmine rice.