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Lamb with Mint Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Put all meat ingredients in a food processor and pulse a few times to mix well.
  • Form into small patties, about 2" in diameter.
  • Brown the patties on both sides, but don't cook through- you'll need some of the juices for the sauce. Set aside.
  • For the sauce:
  • Steam spinach; blend or put in a food processor, then set aside.
  • Heat oil over medium heat in a 3 qt. saute pan or equivalent.
  • Add cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaf and cardamom pods, cook until aromatic.
  • Add onions and garlic and cook until limp.
  • Add yogurt and tomato, mix well.
  • Add salt and cayenne to taste.
  • Add the spinach and stir to blend ingredients.
  • Add the lamb patties.
  • Simmer, covered, on low heat until the sauce turns gravy-like. This can take an hour or longer. I like to simmer a long time, maybe 90 minutes to 2 hours. If you go for the long simmer take a peek every 20 minutes or so, adding a little water if things get too dry.

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    jeef_boner ate it and said...
    Recipe title belies the content. If you'd said shami kebabs I'd understand, as this is a variation on a standard North Indian dish. I'd add cumin to this as well as lots of pepper (black, white and chilli rather than cayenne).

    Think it's cooked overly long to produce the sauce you're looking for. Serve with fresh wilted spinach, and make the sauce quicker, say I (simmering uncovered cooks it quicker and thickens faster).

    Can't understand your snobbery over "flavourless" canned tomatoes when you're prepared to use dried mint in this recipe.
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  • food4thought 17 years ago
    I haven't tried it, but I think frozen spinach would be OK. Not to worry - this recipe has a lot of wiggle room. If it's too watery, cook it longer. To dry - add a little water or tomato sauce.
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  • katerina 17 years ago
    Oh this looks really neat, I will have to try it! Can you use frozen spinach?
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