Caramelized Coconut Beef Curry
Spiritual Nutrition:
🤍 Crown (Clarity + Emotional Release):
Cashews + coconut sugar — invite softness, grief processing, and sweet emotional relief
🟣 Third Eye (Intuition + Insight):
Jasmine rice — supports ease, ancestral comfort, and nervous system regulation through simplicity and warmth
🟡 Solar Plexus (Vitality + Metabolism):
Yellow potatoes + carrots — support vitality, immune regulation, and seasonal alignment
🟠 Sacral (Creativity + Emotional Flow):
Warming curry spices — support emotional movement, digestion, and creative reconnection to life
🔴 Root (Stability + Strength):
Local pasture-raised beef — supports grounding, survival instincts, and strength during emotional depletion
Nourishment Notes
This dish was made on a day of heartbreak—and it held us. It’s warm, soft, and deeply intentional.
The whole meal is well cooked; nothing cold or raw. When the body is already working hard to metabolize grief, offering foods that are warm and easy to digest is a tangible act of compassion. There's nothing crunchy or complicated here—just steady, grounding nourishment that supports your system in doing the emotional work it’s already carrying.
The thick, spiced sauce wraps everything in warmth, and the ingredients themselves carry meaning: local beef for strength and survival, root vegetables for steadiness and seasonal alignment, jasmine rice for ancestral comfort, and a hint of coconut sugar to remind us—life can still be sweet.
Even the spices, pulled from various cultures, remind us that we’re part of something larger. That grief doesn’t isolate us as much as it connects us.
I made this dish to show my family I was thinking of them. That kind of care has spiritual weight. The emotional resonance of being considered—even through a pot of curry—can soften a bitter day.
Read more about this in my article on how protein feeds our sense of safety and survival, download my Eating for Grief guide (PDF) for emotional-nourishment strategies through food or or Living after Loss - Grief Integration Series if you're navigating loss and need deeper support.
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Serves: 6 friends
Ingredients
• Local pasture-raised chuck roast – 2 lbs, thinly sliced
• Organic yellow potatoes – 6 medium, chopped into 1-inch chunks
• Seasonal carrots – 4 large, chopped
• Brown coconut sugar – 2 tbsp
• Raw cashews – 1 cup, unsalted and whole
• Grass-fed Ghee – 1.5 tbsp, for sautéing
• Trusted simmer sauce – 32 oz. total (I love Massaman, Mango Curry, or Yellow Curry—ideally low-ingredient and clean)
• Jasmine rice – cooked separately, to serve (aromatic and grounding)
Method
Chop the potatoes and carrots and place them in a pot with about 2 inches of water. Cover with a lid and parboil for 10 minutes, until they begin to soften. Meanwhile, thinly slice the beef and sprinkle the coconut sugar over it, massaging gently. Heat a cast iron or Dutch oven pan with ghee until hot, then add the beef. Let it sear undisturbed at first for caramelization, then stir until it’s mostly cooked through.
Strain the parboiled vegetables and add them to the beef, followed by your simmer sauce and cashews. Stir gently and cover. Simmer on low for about 20 minutes to let the flavors meld. Serve with warm jasmine rice and offer it as a balm to anyone who needs warmth and grounding.
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