Massaman Beef curry
“Discover the joy of making Massaman Beef curry at home. This 35-minute thai recipe delivers authentic flavors that will make your taste buds sing.”
🤖 Why This Recipe Matches Your Mood
Discover the joy of making Massaman Beef curry at home. This 35-minute thai recipe delivers authentic flavors that will make your taste buds sing.
This Massaman Beef curry captures the essence of Thai cuisine—a masterful balance of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy that makes every bite exciting.
Fresh herbs, aromatic pastes, and bold flavors define this vibrant cuisine. Don't be intimidated by the ingredient list—once you have the basics, Thai cooking becomes intuitive and rewarding.
Bring the flavors of Bangkok street food right to your dinner table.
📋 Massaman Beef curry
📝 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
- 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
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
Sprinkle with sliced chilli and the remaining peanuts, then serve straight from the dish with jasmine rice.
💡 Why This Recipe?
Discover the joy of making Massaman Beef curry at home. This 35-minute thai recipe delivers authentic flavors that will make your taste buds sing.
⭐ Pro Tips
- 1Read the entire recipe before starting to avoid surprises
- 2Prep all ingredients before cooking (mise en place) for a smoother experience
- 3For best results, use fresh, high-quality Peanuts
- 4Taste as you go and adjust seasonings to your preference
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