Thai red curry with beef and butternut squash - Irish Beef

Ingredients

• 1 bunch of coriander, leaves picked, stalks and roots reserved
• 2 tbsp red curry paste
• 2cm piece root ginger or galangal
• 4 lime leaves
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 tsp smoked chilli powder
• 400 g can coconut milk
• 450 g Irish stewing beef, cut into 1cm cubes
• 400 g butternut squash, peeled and cubed into 2cm cubes
• 200 ml beef stock
• 1 tbsp tamarind puree or fresh lime juice
• 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce (Nam pla)
• 4 spring onions, thinly sliced on the diagonal
• steamed Thai fragrant rice