Friday, June 25, 2021

Massaman Curry

I love this recipe. It is fairly easy, and quite tasty.

Ingredients

  • 2.5 cups Coconut Milk (or 1 can with some water to water it down)
  • 1.5 Lbs Chicken/Stewing Beef. Cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 cup Coconut Cream (or 1 can cream or milk)
  • 3 Tbs. Massaman Curry Paste
  • 2 Tbs. Fish Sauce/Salt
  • 1 Tbs. Brown Sugar/Sugar
  • 4 Tbs. Tamarind Juice (Optional)
  • 6 Pods of Cardamom
  • 1 Stick Cinnamon - Or Cinnamon powder to taste
  • 1 to 1.5 lbs Potatoes, cut into cubes
  • 1 Onion, cut into wedges
  • 0.5 cup roasted peanuts (Optional)
  • 1 Tbs. Lime Juice (Or 1 or 2 fresh limes)
  • Rice (preferably jasmine)

Notes on Ingredients

This is the recipe given to me, but I make the following adjustments every time I prepare it.

I always buy 2 cans of coconut milk instead to trying to differentiate between cream and milk. for the first one in the list, I use 1 can and pour in 1 more can of water. I do this because the chicken needs to be fairly well covered as it warms up in the pot (see Directions).