Massaman Curry Recipe

 

This Thai curry recipe is so easy to make, is utterly tasty and even easier to make. The curry works wonders for a dinner night or, you are having guests over. You can even treat yourself to this amazing curry. This Massaman Curry Recipe is full of flavors and authenticity that everyone will love.

 

The recipe for the Massaman curry goes as: 

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Cooking Time: 40 Minutes

Servings: 3

 

Ingredients required:

 

For the preparation of Paste

1. Roasted Peanuts - 1/2 a cup
2. Spring Onion - 1 finely chopped
3. Garlic Cloves -2
4. Tamarind paste
5. Red Chilies- 2
6. Ginger - an inch
7. Lemon Grass - Chopped stalk (1)

Roasting ingredients

1. Coriander - 1/2 a teaspoon
2. Cumin seeds - 1/2 a teaspoon
3. Cloves - 2
4. Bay Leaf -1
5. Cardamom - 2
6. Cinnamon - 1/2 an inches stick

Curry Ingredients

1. Coconut Milk - 300 ml
2. Tofu - 200 grams
3. Broccoli
4. Carrot - 1 chopped into an inch per piece approximately
5. Sugar - 2 teaspoon
6. Salt - as per the taste

Steps to prepare the Massaman curry

1. Begin with roasting all the dry ingredients that will go into the making of Massaman curry paste.
2. Take all the dry ingredients together in a pan and roast them for a while, or for around 4-5 minutes on medium to low heat until you get the aroma of the ingredients. When all the ingredients are roasted, take the pan off the heat.
3. Now, take all the ingredients mentioned for curry paste and the roasted ingredients together in a mixer grinder. Grind them all by adding a little water. And the Massaman curry paste is ready. Keep it aside.
4. For the preparation of curry, add a teaspoon of oil and stir fry all the vegetables into it. Add a little salt as well. When the vegetables are cooked partially, add in the coconut milk, a cup of water, the tofu.
5. Bring it to boil until the vegetables are cooked. You can add a little spice as per your taste buds. And the Massaman Curry Recipe is ready for a perfect dinner.