Stolen Thai Beef Curry

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped galangal
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon chopped lemongrass
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon blachan
• 8 ounces coconut milk
• 1 1/2 pints water
• 2 lbs chuck steaks

Recipe

• 1 place all of the spices in a mortar with the lemon grass, peeled and crushed garlic, onion and blachan.
• 2 pound to a paste and set aside.
• 3 put two thirds of the coconut milk into a pan, add the water and bring to the boil.
• 4 wipe and trim the meat, cut into cubes, add to the coconut milk.
• 5 cover and simmer for one hour.
• 6 heat the remaining coconut milk in a wok and add the spice paste and dry fry gently for five minutes.
• 7 drain the meat,reserving the liquor, add the meat to the pan and fry over a high heat for 5 minutes.
• 8 add the saved liquor and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until the meat is tender.
• 9 taste and add salt if required.
• 10 serve with boiled rice.
• 11 you can use powdered galangal instead of fresh.
• 12 there are a few different spellings for blachan, but it's fermented prawns, available in a smelly block you need to wrap it well, and i mean well, if you are going to store it.
• 13 bon appetite!
• 14 you can leave out the laos powder if you can't find it.