#massaman

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some spices. (dried chillies of barely remembered heat level and origin, young cinnamon bark, green cardamom, coriander seeds, macis, ground nutmeg, peppercorns, cumin)

Add garlic, shrimp paste, shallots, salt and fresh lemongrass core shoots. Mix or blend, whatever...

Boil coconut milk, toss in the spicy paste. Wait until the oily part of coconut milk starts to separate on the top. Throw a kilo of beef cubes in the mix.

Simmer it for 2 hours.

Add cubed potatoes. Cook until it's soft and the meat is tender like broken collagen.

Add coconut blossom sugar, thick fermented fish sauce, tamarind paste and in the end some drops of lime juice.

Kazenomori(Japanese Sake/風の森/秋津穂 ６５７ 笊籬採り), Chicken Massaman Curry Rice, Mango Salad & Homegrown Coriander - July 2023

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Massaman Beef Cheek Curry

Cut up 1 kg beef cheeks into bite-sized pieces and sear in a heavy-bottomed pot with enough rapeseed oil to coat the bottom and set over medium-high heat. Sear in batches to avoid overcrowding the pot.

Add 125ml (½ cup) coconut milk and about 250ml (1 cup) beef broth to keep everything submerged. Add 1 tbsp massaman curry paste, 1 tbsp fish sauce, 2 cinnamon sticks, 3 star anise, a dozen green cardamom seeds, and simmer gently for 2 - 2 ½ hours or until the beef is tender.

Meanwhile, prepare the curry pot. Add 175ml coconut milk to a fresh pot, bring to a boil and reduce down by about half. Add 5 tbsp massaman curry paste and stir over medium-low heat until the coconut oil starts to separate out. Add 325ml coconut milk and stir to dissolve the paste. Add 1 tbsp each of fish sauce, palm sugar and tamarind paste.

Using tongs transfer the beef to the curry pot (reserving the cooking liquid). Add 1 onion, peeled and sliced, 1 large potato, cut into bite-sized pieces, and 1/4 cup chopped roasted peanuts.

Add enough of the reserved cooking liquid to keep everything submerged, and simmer for around 15 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.

It was my partners birthday today, we had a baked chocolate fudge cake, and a slow baked massaman lamb curry.

Do let me know if you would like me to post a recipe for the cake.

Edit: recipe used for the massaman curry

https://www.recipetineats.com/lamb-shanks-in-massaman-curry/

Painted this as a present.