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Massaman Beef curry

Source: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/420631/beef-massaman-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

Directions

Step 1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, then roast the peanuts on a baking tray for 5 mins until golden brown.
Step 2. When cool enough to handle, roughly chop.
Step 3. Reduce oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
Step 4. Heat 2 tbsp coconut cream in a large casserole dish with a lid.
Step 5. Add the curry paste and fry for 1 min, then stir in the beef and fry until well coated and sealed.
Step 6. 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.
Step 7. Bring to a simmer, then cover and cook for 2 hrs in the oven until the beef is tender.
Step 8. Sprinkle with sliced chilli and the remaining peanuts, then serve straight from the dish with jasmine rice.