Massaman Beef curry

# Ingredients

• Peanuts85g
• Coconut cream400ml can
• Massaman curry paste4 tbsp
• Beef600g stewing cut into strips
• Potatoes450g waxy
• Onion1 cut thin wedges
• Lime4 leaves
• Cinnamon stick1
• Tamarind paste1 tbsp
• Brown sugar1 tbsp palm or soft light
• Fish Sauce1 tbsp
• chilli1 red deseeded and finely sliced, to serve
• Jasmine Riceto serve

# Instructions

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.