Lamb Curry With Almonds
From debra47 17 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Since my husband is more familiar with Indian cooking and loves to cook the Indian dishes, he made this dish. As I can't eat real spicy meals this was perfect for me. It had such a rich, aromatic flavor and I highly recommend the recipe which came from Marks and Spencers Complete Indian cookbook.
Ingredients
- 1 T vegetable oil shopping list
- 4 ounces onion, finely chopped shopping list
- 5 small green cardamoms shopping list
- 1/2 tsp ground turmeric shopping list
- 1 tsp chili powder shopping list
- 1 tsp ground cumin shopping list
- 1 1/2 tsp ground paprika shopping list
- 1 tsp ground coriander (cilantro) shopping list
- 1/4 pint natural yogurt shopping list
- 8 ounces tomatoes, skinned and chopped shopping list
- 1 pound boned leg of lamb, cut into 1 inch cubes shopping list
- ]salt shopping list
- chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) to garnish shopping list
- some beef stock cubes shopping list
- Masala: shopping list
- 1/2 ounce fresh root ginger, peeled and chopped shopping list
- 6 garlic cloves, peeled shopping list
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg shopping list
- 4 cloves shopping list
- 1 T poppy seeds shopping list
- 12 peppercorns shopping list
- 2 ounces blanched almonds shopping list
- seeds of 2 large cardamoms shopping list
How to make it
- Make the masala first.
- Grind the ginger, garlic, nutmeg, cloves, poppy seeds, peppercorns, almonds, and cardomom seeds.
- Add about a quarter cup of beef broth made from the beef stock cubes.
- Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and fry the onion until light brown.
- Add the small green cardamoms and stir in the masala paste.
- If necessary add more beef stock to ensure that the mixture stays moist.
- Fry over low heat for about 2 minutes.
- Add the turmeric, chili powder, cumin, paprika, and coriander to the pan.
- Fry over low heat for another 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in the yogurt and tomatoes and then the lamb with a little salt.
- Cover and cook over low heat for 40-50 minutes.
- Serve garnished with chopped fresh coriander.
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Reviewed by 3 people-
Another great post Debra---you are so spoiled ,but you need it:}
have a blessed day
Mumtaz
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