Photo: Swathi Handique
Thai mussaman beef curry
28 ingredients
30 min
Serves 6-8
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The mussaman curry is the Thai version of the Muslim curries of northern India, made really special by the use of fish sauce, shrimp paste, lemongrass and palm sugar, but the element I find beguiling is the black cardamom, which gives the curry a delightfully smoky flavour.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1214
Calories
68g
Protein
71g
Fat
84g
Carbs
Counts 18 of 23 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut | 1/2 cup shredded (40g) | 283 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Peanut | 1 oz (28g) | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Cardamom | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 6 |
| Lemongrass | 1 tbsp (6g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Sweet Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Tamarind | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Mace | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 60g/2oz tamarind
- 150ml/5fl oz warm water
- 10 dried red kashmiri chillies
- 2 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tsp green cardamomcardamom
- 16 cloves
- 1 x 5cm/2in piece cinnamon
- 2 large pieces blade mace
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 200g/7oz shallots
- 25g/1oz garlic
- 1 tsp shrimp paste (available at Asian grocers)
- 25g/1oz fresh root ginger
- 2 lemongrass
- 120ml/4fl oz coconut milk
- 1.5kg/3lb 5oz blade or chuck steak, cut into 5cm/2in chunks
- 600ml/1 pint 1½fl oz coconut milk
- 6 black cardamom
- 1 x 10cm/4in cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 300g/10½oz waxy new potatoes
- 8 shallots
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 quantity tamarind
- 1 tbsp palm sugarcaster sugar
- 75g/2½oz peanuts
- 1 handful fresh Thai sweet basil
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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