Massaman Beef curry

Ingredients

• Fresh chilli 1 red
• Lime 4 leaves
• Onion 1
• Potatoes 450 g
• Brown sugar 1 tbsp
• Cinnamon 1
• Coconut cream 400 ml
• Fish sauce 1 tbsp
• Jasmine rice
• Tamarind paste 1 tbsp
• Beef 600 g
• Peanuts 85 g
• Massaman curry paste 4 tbsp

Method

1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, then roast the peanuts on a baking tray for 5 mins until golden brown.
2. When cool enough to handle, roughly chop.
3. Reduce oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
4. Heat 2 tbsp coconut cream in a large casserole dish with a lid.
5. Add the curry paste and fry for 1 min, then stir in the beef and fry until well coated and sealed.
6. 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.
7. Bring to a simmer, then cover and cook for 2 hrs in the oven until the beef is tender.
8. Sprinkle with sliced chilli and the remaining peanuts, then serve straight from the dish with jasmine rice.