Curry with Beef and Thai Basil

Ingredients

• 600 g beef (e.g., shoulder)
• 3 cm ginger
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 2 EL vegetable oil
• 2 EL yellow curry paste
• 400 ml coconut milk
• 1 EL fish sauce
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
• 1 TL brown sugar
• 1 handful Thai basil
• light soy sauce

Instructions

1. 1.

   Rinse the meat, pat dry and slice thinly. Peel the ginger and garlic; cut the ginger into fine strips and the garlic into thin slices.

2. 2.

   Heat oil in a hot wok and stir in the curry paste. Sauté briefly, then add the beef and cook 1-2 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger to sauté briefly, then deglaze with coconut milk and about 100 ml water. Stir in fish sauce, kaffir lime leaves, and sugar; simmer gently, partially covered, for about 30 minutes.

3. 3.

   Add the Thai basil at the end, season with soy sauce, and serve.