- Preparation : 1 hour
- Cooking : 1 ¼ hours
INGREDIENTS
- 400ml coconut milk
- 450gm beef cut into 25x 15mm
- 2 tbls red curry paste
- ½ tsp ground cardamom
- ½ tsp ground mace
- 1 tbls fish sauce (nam pla)
- 30 gm coarsely chopped basil leaved or 1tbls dried basil
soaked in warm water for 5 minutes and drained.
METHOD
In a saucepan bring the coconut milk to a boil. Add the beef strips, reduce the heat to low and simmer, partly covered, for 1 hour, or until the beef is tender. Alternatively cook in the oven at 180c until tender.
Stir in the curry paste, cardamom, mace and nam pla and simmer the curry uncovered for 15 minutes longer. Just before serving, stir in the basil.
