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Beef Massaman Curry

This is a meal packed with flavour and spice.
Cuisine: Thai
Keyword: Beef Massaman Curry, Healthy, Healthy Eating, Healthy Food, Healthy Food Guide, Healthy Meal, Healthy Recipe, Healthy Recipes, HFG
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp rice bran oil
  • 500 gm chunk steak or blade steak at trimmed and cubed
  • 2 Tbsp massaman curry paste
  • 500 gm baby potatoes quartered
  • 12 baby onions peeled
  • 1 Tbsp fresh ginger finely grated
  • 1 cup fresh coriander stalks and leaves kept separate, chopped
  • 1 cup light coconut milk
  • 3½ cups button mushrooms halved
  • 1 lime zest and juice, plus extra lime wedges to serve
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 3 kaffir lime leaves
  • 2 cups cooked brown rice to serve
  • 1 red chilli thinly sliced, to serve (optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 150°C/300°F.
  • In a large, cast iron Dutch oven (or oven proof pot with lid), heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown steak then remove from pot and set aside. To the pot, add curry paste, potatoes, onions, ginger and coriander stalks. Fry for 2 minutes, until fragrant.
  • Stir in coconut milk and 2 cups of water and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, add mushrooms, zest and juice, fish sauce and kaffir leaves and return beef to the pot. Stir well, cover and cook in the oven for about 90 minutes.
  • Serve with rice and garnish with lime wedges, coriander leaves and chilli slices, if desired.

Notes

From: Bridgeford, Jo (Mar 2019)  in: Thai Twists Healthy Food Guide