Easy beef Massaman curry. Beef Massaman Curry is something everyone should try at least once. Contrary to its name, the curry itself is not spicy but is an infusion of deep, earthy flavors from a combination of Thai herbs and Indian spices. The creamy curry is simmered in rich coconut milk as is usual with most curries with tender potatoes as a filler.
Pour the massaman curry sauce over the potatoes and onions then add in the floured beef.
The sauce is rich in flavour and the beef falls apart beautifully.
The main ingredients of a Massaman curry include.
You can cook Easy beef Massaman curry using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Easy beef Massaman curry
- Prepare 500 g of diced beef.
- It's 800 ml of coconut milk.
- It's 2.5 of red curry paste.
- It's 1 Tsp of ground cumin.
- You need 1 Tsp of ground coriander.
- Prepare 1/8 Tsp of ground nutmeg.
- You need 1/4 Tsp of white pepper.
- It's 1/4 Tsp of ground clove.
- You need 1 Tsp of ground cinnamon.
- It's 4-6 of cardamom pod (crushed).
- Prepare 3-4 of Star Anise.
- You need 2-3 Tsp of sugar.
- Prepare 1 Tbsp of fish sauce.
- You need 2 Tbsp of Tamarind paste or 1 Tbsp vinegar (if you don’t have Tamarind paste).
- It's 1-2 Tbsp of peanuts or crunchy peanut butter.
- You need 4-5 of cherry Tomatoes.
- It's 2 of potatoes peel and cut to pieces.
- Prepare 1 of onion.
- Prepare 2 Tbsp of vegetable oil.
Delicious Rich, fall-apart slow-cooked beef massaman curry in a spicy homemade sauce with new potatoes. This Massaman Curry is perfect comfort food! Make extra and freeze some for a busy weeknight. Plus I'm sharing my tips on making a homemade massaman curry paste and including a video to walk you step by step through the process.
Easy beef Massaman curry instructions
- Simmer diced beef and 400 ml coconut milk for 1.30- 2 hours. Leave it aside..
- Add ground cumin, ground coriander, ground nutmeg, ground white pepper, ground clove, 3/4 Tsp ground cinnamon and 4 crushed cardamom pod into small bowl. They will be added to red curry paste to make Massaman curry paste..
- After 2 hours, start the curry. In the big sauce pan, add vegetable oil and heat it up with medium high heat. Then add red curry paste and pre mixed dried spices. Cook them until fragrant. If you use Massaman curry paste, you don’t need to add pre mixed dried spices..
- Reduce the heat to medium and add 300 ml of coconut milk. Cook until you see the oil split (around 5- 10 minutes)..
- Add peanuts, star anise, 2 cardamon, and 1/4 Tsp ground cinnamon. Reduce heat to low, cover pan with lid for 5 minutes..
- Add potatoes, onions, tomatoes, 100 ml coconut milk. Mix them and leave for 5 minutes with the lid on..
- Add the cooked beef, around 100 ml of cooked beef coconut milk and the rest of coconut milk. Add fish sauce, sugar, salt and tamarind paste. Leave it simmer for 10 minutes..
- Taste it and add more sugar, salt or tamarind paste up to your taste (if needed). With low heat, leave it for half an hour..
- Now it’s ready to be served..
Place the potatoes and onion in a slow cooker. Beef - Massaman is supposed to be made with large pieces of meat, rather than small bite size pieces, so the meat needs to be slow cooked to become tender and absorbs the flavour of the braising liquid. Can be substituted with brisket but make sure you trim off the thick layer of fat, otherwise the sauce ends up too greasy. Gravy beef is also suitable, as long as you can find large pieces. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium low heat.