Thai Red Beef Stir Fry Curry

A delicious, flavoursome and extremely quick Thai beef red curry that can be made in the time it takes to cook your rice!

• Difficulty: Easy
• Category: Curry Night, Meals in minutes
• Cuisine: Thai
• Cooking Method: Stir Fry

Ingredients

For the paste

• 1 shallot (peeled & finely chopped)
• 2 birds eye chillies (de-seeded & roughly chopped)
• 3 garlic cloves (peeled & roughly chopped)
• 2 kaffir lime leaves (roughly chopped)
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp shrimp paste
• 4 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 tbsp paprika
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

For the curry

• 1 tbsp groundnut oil or vegetable oil
• 400 g beef fillet or stir fry beef (thinly sliced)
• 400 g tin of coconut milk
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 lime (juice only)

To serve

• 300 g Thai jasmine rice (cooked as per packet instructions)

Instructions

1. For the paste, place all the ingredients into a food processor and blend until you have a smooth paste.
2. For the curry, heat a large frying pan and then add the oil and beef, stir fry until browned. Add the paste and cook for 1-2 minutes. Pour in the coconut milk, bring to the boil and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add the fish sauce and lime juice to taste. Serve with jasmine rice. Enjoy!