Slow Cooker/Crock Pot Massaman Curry

Chickee's Note:

This is just outstanding, and easy. Your house will smell amazing. It's an adaption of my other recipe, which is Brigitte Hafner's.

• Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 2 large onions, cut into wedges
• 1 kg beef brisket (gravy beef, or shank)
• salt
• 400 g coconut cream
• 3/4-1 cup massaman curry paste (bought or made)
• 250 ml water
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 4 bay leaves
• 6 waxy potatoes, peeled and diced in 2-3cm cubes
• 2 -3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons grated palm sugar
• 2 tablespoons tamarind paste or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons roasted peanuts, crushed
• 3 sprigs coriander, chopped

Directions:

1. Trim meat of excess fat and sinew and cut into 2-3cm cubes.
2. Heat the oil in a heavy-based pot and fry the onion until brown.
3. Add the meat, season and continue to brown all over.
4. Add curry paste, heat through until fragrant. Add half the coconut cream, lower the heat and cook gently for about 5 minutes.
5. Put the potatoes on the bottom of the slow cooker.
6. Pour the mix on top of the potatoes.
7. Add the water, remaining coconut cream, cinnamon and bay leaves and cook on LOW, covered, for 8 hours.
8. In the last hour, season to taste with fish sauce, palm sugar and tamarind paste. (I like to add a few handfuls of peanuts, too).
9. Garnish with peanuts and coriander and serve with steamed basmati or jasmine rice.

Reviews

[chrissy379]

This is a great recipe, don't listen to the negative review I think its all about the cook if such a good dish doesn't turn out. Make sure you do a home-made paste, this way you ca control the chilli content (and i like plenty of chillies) her is a link to a massaman home made paste http://www.food.com/recipe/massamun-curry-paste-41591
I also changed the coconut milk to low fat carnation milk but only added 10% during cooking and other 90% in last hour with the fish sauce and palm suger. and I used good quality Osso Bucco even better. Good luck.

[moonglee83]

Incredible flavor..the only problem I had was it was extremely oily! Maybe next time I'll try using coconut milk instead. Either than that it was delicious. Thank you

[djmastermum]

A definite 5 and a true keeper. Even my curry hating 3 kids liked this, and that is saying something. Ignore what Chef #1573909 is saying, even if it doesn't meet their expectations, it is a great curry. Made for AU/NZ Swap.