Massaman curry is a muslim dish It is most commonly made with beef, but can also be made with duck, chicken, pork, or tofu.

ingredians

• 1 bowl of coconut milk
• 500 g. of beef or chicken or anything you want.
• 200g of potatoes
• 5-6 pieces of red onions
• 400 g. massaman chili paste
• 5-6 pieces of dry red chilies
• 2 table spoons of palm sugar
• 2 table spoons of fish sauce
• Cumin seeds, bay leaves, Cardamom

How to cook

prepare coconut milk sauce

1. Heat a small amount of coconut milk in a frying pan and add some massaman paste. Stir the paste into the coconut milk
2. Stir in the paste untill the colour of coconut milk turn to a brown / orange colour.
3. add the beif to the paste mix and stir in so the beef slightly cooks.

Prepare soup

1. Prepare a large pan with roughly two cans of coconut milk.
2. Slowly add the beef from the frying pan in to a coconut soup.
3. Take some of the coconut milk from the pan and add it to the same frying pan add the herbs and Stir for 3 minutes.
4. Add the red onions in to the herbs mix.

Finish it

1. Put the mix in to the large pan with the beef and coconut soup.
2. add two table spoons of palm sugar or one of regular sugar.
3. add two table spoons of fish sauce.
4. add potatoes.
5. Leave all the ingredients to simmer through for about 30 minutes allows the coconut milk to reduce and for the chicken to cook through.
6. Serve.

You can find Masaman curry in Thai ingredient store or asian store, but if you can't or want to prepare it your self I found a good article about how to do this :

How to prepare Masaman curry your self.

Ingredients

• 3 large dried red chilies, seeded and soaked
• 5 roasted shallots
• 2 bulbs roasted garlic
• 1 tsp roasted sliced galangal
• 1 tbsp roasted sliced lemon grass
• 1 tbsp ground roasted coriander seeds
• 1 tsp ground roasted cumin
• 2 ground roasted cloves
• 1 tsp white pepper
• 1 tsp salt (sea salt is preferred)
• 1 tsp shrimp paste

Preparation

1. Pound dried chilies and salt thoroughly.
2. Add galangal and lemon grass, and pound well.
3. Add roasted garlic, roasted shallots, coriander seeds, cumin, pepper, cloves and shrimp paste. Pound well after each addition to obtain a fine paste.

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