I always let my curries rest before serving. With the Thai yellow curry, we ate it in a near-tepid state with rice, boiled grean beans and some sliced cucumber for refreshing crunch; I also made canh, a clear Viet quick soup.
A batch of this curry yielded about 8 servings and after reading Austin Bush’s piece on kaeng karii, I added a side of chiles and soy sauce to subsequent meals of Thai yellow curry. We mixed them into the rice and curry at the table for spirited heat and savory depth. As with stews, this curry tastes better as it ages.
So how was the curry over all? It was excellent, full of complexity yet well balanced enough to be elegant. The beef imparted gravitas. Thumbs up on the DIY Thai yellow curry paste and this curry. I now have a cup of yellow curry paste left in the fridge for another run, maybe with chicken and potatoes. Ricker's Thai cookbook coming out soon and judging from this little curry experiment, good things are bound to come from from the publication.
Note that I used a canned coconut palm sugar that I had to scrape with a fork; it was okay stuff but very compact so use a little less than what’s called for or the curry may be on the sweet side.