Thai Massaman Curry

Name: Thai Massaman Curry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 700g beef chuck, cubed; 400ml coconut milk; 400g tinned coconut cream; 3 tbsp Massaman curry paste; 3 medium potatoes, cubed; 1 large onion, cut into wedges; 50g roasted peanuts; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp palm sugar; 3 tbsp tamarind paste; 3 bay leaves; 1 stick cinnamon

Rich, mildly spiced Southern Thai curry with beef, potato and peanuts. Frying the curry paste in the thick coconut cream that rises to the top of the tin, rather than plain oil, is the traditional technique that builds massaman's deep, rounded flavour.

Total time

95 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

75 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Thai

gluten-free

Ingredients

700gbeef chuck, cubed

400mlcoconut milk

400gtinned coconut cream

3 tbspMassaman curry paste

3medium potatoes, cubed

1large onion, cut into wedges

50groasted peanuts

3 tbspfish sauce

2 tbsppalm sugar

3 tbsptamarind paste

3bay leaves

1 stickcinnamon

Instructions

Fry curry paste in 3 tbsp coconut cream 3 minutes.

Add beef, seal.

Add remaining coconut milk and cream, bay and cinnamon.

Simmer covered 45 minutes.

Add potato and onion.

Season with fish sauce, palm sugar and tamarind.

Simmer 20 minutes.

Add peanuts.

Serve with jasmine rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1175

Protein

57.2g

Fat

90.6g

Carbs

48.7g

Fiber

14.5g

Sodium

1019mg

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