Aromatic, fragrant, spicy and with that mixture of acid-fat-heat so characteristic of Thai cuisine. This is this green beef curry made from a traditional curry paste, lovely big raw cashews and some very juicy beef tenderloin cubes elevate this dish to the sublime.
Ingredients
For the curry paste:
4 cm piece of ginger
shallots
garlic cloves
or 3 green chili without seeds
clean lemongrass branches
teaspoon cumin
keffir lime leaves
A bunch of basil
A bunch of coriander
tablespoons sunflower oil
For the green cream:
bunch of cilantro
bunch of spinach
½ cup raw cashews
For the curry:
gr of beef sirloin, diced 2×2
can (400 ml.) coconut milk
gr of assorted mushrooms
gr. Basil
Curry paste
ml. of water
gr. palm sugar
tablespoons fish sauce
olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Instructions
Make the homemade curry paste and, for this, put the ingredients in a blender glass until you get a paste or mash them with the mortar.
On the other hand, blanch the coriander and spinach in boiling water, just a few seconds, and switch to ice water. Blend very well with water to make a deep green paste. Reserve.
In a frying pan with a drizzle of vegetable oil, fry the sirloin and cashews and when golden brown, set it aside and add the mushrooms. We also take out.
Add the curry paste. When it begins to release its aroma we add a little coconut milk and stir it well. We also add the sugar and lime juice, the basil leaves, kaffir lime leaves, a cut chili pepper and cook for another 5 minutes. Finally the fish sauce, salt and pepper.
We turn off the heat, and add the sirloin and mushrooms again, also a tablespoon of the green pasta, mix everything well and it is ready to serve. It is usually eaten with white rice, if possible Thai Jasmine rice or with rice noodles.