Massaman Beef Curry Recipe Thailand

Ingredients

• 1kg stewing beef, cut into cubes
• 5 tbsp Masaman curry paste (see recipe)
• 3 tbsp peanut oil
• 8 cardamom pods
• 12 small pickling onions or shallots, peeled
• 3 garlic clove, finely sliced
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 star anise
• 1 litre coconut milk
• 12 small new potatoes, scrubbed (if some of the are large cut them half)
• 1 1/2 tbsp Thai fish sauce
• 2 tbsp tamarind water*
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 3 tbsp palm sugar or brown sugar
• 3 tbsp whole roasted peanuts
• 6 tbsp basil leaves (holy basil preferable)
• 1-1/2 tbsp roasted peanuts