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Authentic Thai Beef Massaman Curry

Beef

Pailin Chongchitnant · hot-thai-kitchen.com · 2025 · 4 servings

Against 95 massaman curry recipes

More sugar than 87% of recipes and more meat, fish or tofu than 76%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pot: the median of 95 massaman curry recipes, per can of coconut milk.

  • More sugar than 87% of recipes: 25 g per can of coconut milk against the typical recipe's 7.7 g, about 3 times as much.
  • More meat, fish or tofu than 76% of recipes: 605 g per can of coconut milk against the typical recipe's 355 g.
Curry paste: 59 g, 63rd percentileMeat, fish or tofu: 605 g, 77th percentilePotatoes: 200 g, 28th percentileOnions: 37 g, 45th percentilePeanuts: 24 g, 51st percentileFish or soy sauce: 30 g, 77th percentileTamarind or lime: 23 g, 72nd percentileSugar: 25 g, 88th percentileCurrypasteMeat, fishor tofuPotatoesOnionsPeanutsFish orsoy sauceTamarindor limeSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 2 lb bone-in beef short ribs (see note)907 g
  • 2 ½ cup coconut milk≈ 600 g
  • Half recipe of massaman curry paste or 5-6 Tbsp store-bought paste≈ 88 g
  • 2-3 Tbsp fish sauce≈ 45 g
  • 3 Tbsp palm sugar, chopped≈ 38 g
  • 2 Tbsp tamarind juice (a.k.a. tamarind concentrate or tamarind paste)≈ 34 g
  • 1 large white-flesh sweet potato, cut into big chunks (the orange flesh ones are not as good in this dish)≈ 300 g
  • 1/2 a large onion, cut into 1/2-inch strips≈ 55 g
  • ¼ cup roasted peanuts≈ 36 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the numbers below.

  • Jasmine rice for servingn/a

1.5 cans, 600 gin all 2103 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per can of coconut milk

Grams per can of coconut milk, and where that falls among all 95 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Curry paste59 g · 63rd percentile
  • Meat, fish or tofu605 g · 77th percentile
  • Potatoes200 g · 28th percentile
  • Onions37 g · 45th percentile
  • Peanuts24 g · 51st percentile
  • Fish or soy sauce30 g · 77th percentile
  • Tamarind or lime23 g · 72nd percentile
  • Sugar25 g · 88th percentile

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