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How To Make Thai Massaman Curry

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How To Make Thai Massaman Curry
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Thai Massaman Curry Recipe. Rich and flavourful Thai curry with chicken and served with steamed white rice. A great alternative to the traditional Green and Red Thai Curry. Try our Thai Massaman Curry recipe. Enlarge Thai Massaman Curry Recipe. Rich and flavourful Thai curry with chicken and served with steamed white rice. A great alternative to the traditional Green and Red Thai Curry. Try our Thai Massaman Curry recipe.
Serves:
2
Preparation Time:
35 minutes
Cooking Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
45 minutes

Step 1: You will need

  • 2 lemon grass stalks chopped
  • 5 shallots chopped
  • 3 red chillies chopped
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp shrimp paste
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • 5 cardamom pods
  • 1 tbsp ground cumin
  • 1 ½ tbsp ground coriander seeds
  • 2 chicken breasts cut into cubes
  • 150 g pumpkin cut into cubes
  • ½ aubergine peeled and diced
  • 50 g green beans cut in half strips
  • 4 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp peanut oil
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 can of coconut milk
  • a few basil leaves
  • a few sprigs of coriander
  • 1 blender
  • 1 spoon
  • 1 wok
  • 1 wooden spoon

Step 2: Make the curry paste

Put into the blender: the shallots, the garlic, the shrimp paste, the lemon grass, the red chilli, the black pepper, the cardamom pods, the coriander seeds, the ground cumin and the vegetable oil.

Pulse the blender a few times then stop and give it a stir blend quickly again and stop and combine once more. Repeat this process a few times until it becomes a rough paste. Once blended, transfer it all into a small bowl.

Step 3: Make the curry

Place the wok on a high heat and add the peanut oil. Put in 2 large spoonfuls of the curry paste and stir-fry it in the oil, for about one minute. Then add the cubed chicken and stir-fry for another minute. Add in the fish sauce and the coconut milk.

Give it a quick stir and leave it to come to a simmer. Once simmering, add the brown sugar, the aubergine and the pumpkin. Stir to combine everything together and let it cook for between 7-10 minutes.

After this time, add in the green beans and cook for a further five minutes. Then remove from the heat and serve.

Step 4: Garnish and serve

Spoon this sweet and spicy curry into a serving dish and garnish with some basil and coriander leaves. It can be served with steamed white rice.
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  1. ngieen

    if you really want to cook massaman from scratch check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctl4JGrUBcQ the videojug demo is a no good....

  2. Anonymous

    I have just made this curry, wether it be massaman, Muss-aman or whatever it turned out absoloutley gorgeous. Thankyou very much, i will be serving this up for my friends and family very soon.

  3. Anonymous

    To see how to make Mustaman Curry - Authenic thai mustaman curry, www.thaicookingdvds.com this is an insult to any thai who loves their country and their culture.

  4. Anonymous

    sounds interesting but is certainly NOT a thai-style mussaman curry... like ngieen said its pretty much just chicken, potatoes and onions. In some tourist places you might get carrots in it, too. The most important ingredient to me would be the peanuts, though. Doesn't have to be many but it's just not right without them. Make sure you get thai peanuts from the asia shop! It's very different from the ones you're used to.... Cashews are great too, but if you can you should go fo the peanuts...

  5. Anonymous

    and don(t forget cashew nuts;)

  6. Anonymous

    Muss-aman is hard to cook so I use alreadymade mussaman curry paste, very close from what I've eaten in Lanta :)

  7. Anonymous

    This is not a Thai massaman curry. It's totally different from what we have in Thailand..

  8. ngieen

    Masaman curry is made with chicken, potatos and onions i am sure the chef has no much knowledge in thai cooking as no green vegi or leaves are added... and also missing the most important ingridiants which is cinnamon.... very non thai....

  9. BD

    What a delightful presenter. I could listen to her for hours. I will, however, also make the curry since it is one of my favourites. Thanks.