Jamie Olivers North Indian Lamb Curry Food

AROMATIC LAMB CURRY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4.
• Put a large shallow casserole pan on a high heat.
• Dice the lamb into 3cm chunks and place in the pan, fat-side down.
• Peel the onions, dice with the aubergines to the same size as the lamb, then stir into the pan.
• Season with sea salt and black pepper, stir in the curry paste and 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar, then transfer to the oven for 1 hour, or until tender, stirring halfway and loosening with a splash of water, if needed.
• Taste the curry, season to perfection, ripple through the yoghurt, drizzle over ½ a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, hit it with lots of black pepper, and serve.

JAMIE OLIVER'S NORTH INDIAN LAMB CURRY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.
• Heat oil in a heavy bottomed casserole over medium heat. Fry onion until golden. Add in ginger and fry for few seconds. Add garlic and fry again for 2 minutes.
• Throw in the whole spices - cloves, and cardamom pods, and fry for few minutes. Now add the ground spices - ground turmeric, ground cumin, ground coriander, red chili powder, and paprika. Fry again for few minutes.
• Add the lamb pieces, and toss to coat. Add enough salt. Fry for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent the spices from sticking to the bottom of the pan. At this stage, you don't need to cook the lamb. Now remove from flame.
• Add in the tomatoes, cinnamon quills, and bay leaves. Give it a good stir, cover it with lid, and pop it in the oven for 1 ½ hrs to 2 hrs. When cooked, the meat starts to fall apart.
• When lamb is nearly cooked, (about 10 minutes before taking it out of the oven) sprinkle it with garam masala, and add in a few sprigs of coriander leaves. Mix well. Leave it in the oven for another 10 minutes.
• If the sauce looks very watery when it comes out of the oven, place the curry over medium heat and cook for 5-10 minutes until reduced.
• Garnish with more coriander leaves. Serve with rice and mint yogurt.
• I cooked the lamb for 1 ½ hrs. When it came out of the oven, the sauce was thick and perfect.

AUTHENTIC INDIAN LAMB CURRY

Steps:

• Wash the lamb well in cold water removing the loose slimey film from each piece. Don't worry about drying the lamb - keep it nice and wet (the lamb absorbs the water and allows the meat to become nice and tender).
• In a large steel saucepan heat the oil and then add in the onions to fry over a high heat. When the onions have started to go translucent then add in the Black and Green Cardamoms, Cinnamon Stick, Black peppercorn, finger chillies, Bay leaves, Salt and finally the Cumin Seeds. Continue to fry over high heat until the onions have turned a reddish brown colour. Make sure you keep on stirring.
• Add in the ginger paste, garlic paste and fry for a few minutes adding some water. Make sure you keep on stirring.
• Add the turmeric, coriander and chilli powder and mix in well. Add in a further ½ cup of water. Make sure you keep on stirring.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and then lower the heat and continue to slow fry until the tomatoes have disintegrated into the sauce and the oil starts to separate. This may take a little time! Make sure you keep on stirring.
• Add in the lamb and stir well to coat everything and then finally add in the yoghurt. Cover and let simmer for 45 minutes to an hour stirring every 5 or 10 minutes to stop it all burning at the bottom of the pan.
• The dish is ready when the lamb is soft and tender and the oil has once again separated from the sauce. Once cooked add in the juice of the lemon.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve with warm fresh Naan bread.