Massaman Beef Curry
A flavourful but mild curry from Thailand that's been adapted for the Thermomix. Sweet potato replaces the usual white potato, and peas and carrots add to the veggie count.
Ingredients
- 1 large onion peeled and quartered
- 600 g chuck steak diced into 4cm pieces
- 140 g canned coconut milk
- 200 g water
- 2 tbsp Thermomix vegetable stock concentrate
- 400 g sweet potato cut into 3.5-4cm pieces
- 100 g sweet potato cut into 1cm pieces
- 10-20 g lime juice
- Salt and pepper to season
- 2 carrots peeled and cut into 2cm pieces
- 2 cups frozen peas
Curry Paste
- 1/2 tsp dry chilli flakes
- 6 cloves garlic peeled
- 1 shallot peeled and halved
- 1 stalk lemongrass white part only – cut into 2cm pieces
- 2 tsp ground cardamom
- 25 g light olive oil
- 2 cloves
Instructions
- Put all of the curry paste ingredients into the Thermomix bowl and grind together with the measuring cup (MC) on for 5 seconds | Speed 7
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl, put onion into the Thermomix bowl and chop with the MC on for 4 seconds | Speed 6
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and cook with the MC off for 5 minutes | Varoma | Speed 1
- Add beef and cook with the MC off for 10 minutes | Varoma | Reverse | Speed soft
- Add coconut milk, water and stock into the Thermomix bowl and cook with the MC off for 40 minutes | 100C | Reverse | Speed soft
- Add 10g lime juice, salt, pepper and sweet potato, mix with the spatula and taste to check flavour; add more seasoning if required
- Replace the Thermomix lid, put carrots and peas into the Varoma bowl, assemble the Varoma on the Thermomix and cook for 20 minutes | Varoma | Reverse | Speed soft