Beef massaman curry

Beef massaman curry

Slow-cooked, meltingly tender beef and a sprinkling of crunchy peanuts to finish - it's curry heaven

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 2 hrs 10 mins

Freezable

Method

  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.

PER SERVING

734 kcalories, protein 44g, carbohydrate 38g, fat 46 g, saturated fat 21g, fibre 3g, sugar 13g, salt 1.87 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2010.

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  • 31 March 2010

    VB Recipes commented on this recipe

    This was absolutely delicious - even though I used turkey!

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  • 08 April 2010

    anderpants76 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This tastes absolutely lovely and is soooo easy to make. Try it - it's well worth it.

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  • 08 April 2010

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy and tastes really good.

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  • 14 April 2010

    Flylady rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Wow! Wow! Wow! The whole family were left speechless and ate this meal in peace (apart from lots of oooh's, aaah's and mmmm's). This was so easy to prepare but gave the most fantastic flavour. Would thoroughly recommend. We have tried all the Massaman curries on the Good Food website and have not been disappointed.

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  • 23 April 2010

    pinky-67 commented on this recipe

    Is it really with coconut cream rather than milk? I made it and unfortunately it was a disaster and any liquid disappeared and curdled around the meat, what did I do wrong? I really want another go, the smell was fab.

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  • 25 April 2010

    janet rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was fantastic and tasted so authentic. I think pinky-67 you may have let the cream boil that i swhy it curdled. I would definitely make this one again.

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  • 29 April 2010

    Chule commented on this recipe

    pinky-67, I haven't made this recipe yet but made Massaman several times. As far as I know some reasons why it gets curdle could be: one is the very strong heat when frying, another is stiring too much (this will separate the oil from liquid). Though, I'd prefer strong fire better than too weak fire why frying the curry paste because it makes the smell better. Hope this help ^_^

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  • 29 April 2010

    Nicky rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yummy!

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  • 29 April 2010

    JOOLES commented on this recipe

    Wow this sounds lovely, plus i want an excuse to use my Brand new shiny Caserole dish, its like a Le Creuset one only miles cheaper (19.99 from Aldi) there have been rave reviews about it so im looking forward to 'christening' it. I have most of the ingrediants in the house, i dont have Beef but i do have Lamb in the freezer so i think i will use that, i notice VB recipes used turkey so im sure using lamb will be fine. I'll be making this on Sat eve so i will be back to comment on how it went. x

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  • 02 May 2010

    Fluffy rated this recipe

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  • 03 May 2010

    Janetsbinder rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Already a favorite, will make again.

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  • 10 May 2010

    peacock commented on this recipe

    Lovely recipe but I couldn't get any Massaman curry paste so I used Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Nasi Goreng Paste instead as it had very similar ingredients (they do sell a Taste the Difference Massaman too but they didn't have any at the time). I ended up cooking it for about 4 hours.

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  • 10 May 2010

    peacock rated this recipe

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  • 14 May 2010

    Jackie food commented on this recipe

    fantastic recipe! Left out the peanuts because of allergies in family, but everyone just loved this dish

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  • 14 May 2010

    judescar commented on this recipe

    Really tasty, very easy to make and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Used ordinary tinned coconut milk and left out peanuts but added coriander at the end instead. My only problem with it was that it looked like a lancashire hot pot! Thankfully it didn't taste like one. Definitely a meal to please 3 hungry men - will be making it again.

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  • 19 May 2010

    Kathryn rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I made this in my slow cooker and it was very nice, but I halved the recipe to serve 2 and thought it could have done with a bit more sauce... will try again!

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  • 29 May 2010

    MelissaCT rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this twice now. Substituted massaman curry paste for Pataks curry paste - tried two different types. Still used 4 tbsp and the first curry was very strong - next time used 3 tbsp and slightly mild so 3 and a half next time! A very nice recipe.

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  • 13 July 2010

    janine rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Delicious, agree with judescar, it does look like a hotpot, 6yr old not keen, adults thought fab, def make again and will try in slow cooker next time

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  • 24 July 2010

    RhiannaJones rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I thought the flavours were delicious but the meat was nowhere near as tender as I would have expected. It was actually quite tough, even though I had followed the recipe exactly. Bit disappointing but as the flavours of the sauce and potatoes were good, I think it has potential and will try again

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  • 09 August 2010

    livi commented on this recipe

    That is a very good curry!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 2 hrs 10 mins

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 85g unsalted peanuts
  • 400ml can coconut cream
  • 4 tbsp massaman curry paste (we used Bart)
  • 600g stewing beef steak , cut into large chunks
  • 450g waxy potatoes , cut into 2.5cm chunks
  • 1 onion , cut into thin wedges
  • 4 kaffir lime leaves (available from Thai shops or dried from supermarkets)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tbsp tamarind paste
  • 1 tbsp palm or soft light brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely sliced, to serve
  • jasmine rice , to serve
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PER SERVING

734 kcalories, protein 44g, carbohydrate 38g, fat 46 g, saturated fat 21g, fibre 3g, sugar 13g, salt 1.87 g

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