Thai cuisine · Meat & Kebab

Massaman Curry

Mild, deep curry with beef, potatoes and peanuts – Persian-inspired, perfected in Thailand.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 700 g beef stew meat
• 3 tbsp massaman curry paste
• 400 ml coconut milk
• 300 ml beef broth
• 400 g potatoes
• 1 onion
• 60 g peanuts
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp palm sugar
• 2 tbsp tamarind paste
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 cardamom pods
• 2 tbsp oil
• 300 g jasmine rice

Instructions

1. Simmer the thick coconut cream in the oil and fry the curry paste in it for 2 min until fragrant.
2. Add the beef and sear it all over in the paste.
3. Pour in the remaining coconut milk, broth, cinnamon and cardamom.
4. Cover and braise gently for 60 min, until the meat is almost tender.
5. Add the diced potatoes, onion wedges and peanuts and cook along for 20 min.
6. Season with fish sauce, palm sugar and tamarind – the curry lives on the balance of sweet, salty and sour.
7. Serve with jasmine rice; it tastes even deeper the next day.