Massaman Beef Curry

Submitted by Kym

Massaman Beef Curry

4.84 from 6 votes
Serving: 4
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 700g chuck beef, diced
  • 4 potatoes, cut into rough chunks
  • 1 onion, roughly cut
  • 270ml can coconut milk
  • 270ml coconut cream
  • 1/4 cup Massaman curry paste (I like the Aldi brand!)
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • 6 cardamom pods, bruised
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 tblsp Brown Sugar
  • 1 Tblsp fish sauce
  • Fresh lime

Instructions
 

  • Put cut potatoes, cut onions & beef into slow cooker.
  • In a fry pan, pour in coconut cream & coconut milk, cook stirring until it starts bubbling.
  • Add curry paste & work in to get rid of the lumps.
  • Add bay leaves, cardamom pods & cinnamon stick & cook until fragrant.
  • Pour mixture into slow cooker.
  • Cook on low for 7-8hrs or high for 4-5hrs (I have a 6L sc).
  • Once cooking is finished, stir in brown sugar & fish sauce.
  • Add more brown sugar or fish sauce if needed to adjust to your own taste.
  • Serve with steamed rice, naan bread & make sure you squeeze some fresh lime over it to finish off the flavour.
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central

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12 Comments

  1. Very nice. Put peanuts, red chilli & coriander on top. All enjoyed and would definately make again.

  2. Tracey Davies June 20, 2023

    5 stars
    Simply Divine. Modified recipe as follows: 1x 400ml of ea coconut cream & milk, added half cup beef stock, 2 cinnamon sticks, 3tbsp brown sugar, 2tbsp fish sauce. Made a cornflour slurry with 1tbsp each water & cornflourvto thicken. Cooked on low for 8hrs Delish!

  3. 5 stars
    loved it used blade steaks as that was all I had
    made enough for another meal as well ?
    was delicious

  4. 4 stars
    I liked this recipe because of its simple, tasty ingredients. The aroma while cooking was divine. I only had 1 can of coconut cream, so that’s what I used. I also used ground spices, again because that’s what I had on hand. I did use the Aldi Massaman paste as suggested. I think I might have cooked it for a bit too long (9.5 hrs), as the potatoes started to break down, so I wouldn’t cook for longer than the suggested time if I were to make this again. Thanks for sharing this recipe Kym ?

  5. My 1st Slowcookercentral attempt. Fairly tasty and I added an extra x 3 tblsps of Fish Sauce! I did use the Aldi brand paste & when it’s all gone I’ll try the Ayam brand. Very happy with the taste overall as I was serving it to visitors who hadn’t heard of it…… they enjoyed.

  6. Linda Crisp April 13, 2025

    5 stars
    Just delicious! I didn’t have (or couldn’t find) any cardamom pods so I used ground cardamom instead. Completely forgot to add the lime juice at the end; this would have just added a bit of extra zing.
    So easy to prepare with ingredients I had on hand.

    1. Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central April 15, 2025

      Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback Linda 🙂

  7. Made this as per recipe , except I used Maesri paste from Woolies. It is even better than takeaway, it’s that good!

  8. Tracey Davies May 25, 2026

    5 stars
    Tender, melt in your mouth beef with subtle aromatic Thai spices, rich gravy goodness.
    Cheaper making it yourself, and beats take away version any day!
    Variations:
    I used 1KG lean beef cubes, 800ml coconut cream (for extra sauce), 1/2tsp extra Thai red curry paste (Aldi brand)
    SC low for 8HRs👌

4.84 from 6 votes

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