How to cook Thai Beef Red Curry

Ingredients

• 400g Dorset Meat Company beef steak strips or 400g Dorset Meat Company diced chicken
• 1tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp red curry paste (see below)
• 400ml tin of coconut milk
• Fresh kaffir Lime leaves

To garnish-

• Thai basil
• 1 red chilli, thinly sliced
• 1 thumb sized piece of ginger, peeled and cut into matchsticks

For the red curry paste (or a ready-made paste if you prefer)

• 4 dried red chillies
• ½ tsp cumin seed
• ½ tsp coriander seed
• 1tbsp paprika
• 1 fresh red chilli, deseeded and sliced
• ½ tsp sea salt
• 2 sticks lemongrass
• 1tbsp fish sauce
• 4 shallots
• 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced or grated
• Coriander stems from a 20g bunch
• 6 sliced kaffir lime leaves
• Zest and juice of 2 limes