Warming Lamb Curry Food

HOME-STYLE LAMB CURRY

Steps:

• Put ½ the thumb-sized piece of ginger, 2 quartered onions and 4 garlic cloves in a food processor with 300ml water. Blitz to a smooth purée.
• Scrape down the sides with a spoon and blitz again to make it as smooth as you can. Tip into a deep sauté pan, cover with a lid and simmer for 15 mins.
• Remove the lid and cook for 5 mins more, stirring occasionally. By now the liquid should be all gone. If not, cook a little longer.
• Add 2 tbsp rapeseed oil to the pan with the remaining piece of ginger, cut into matchsticks. Turn up the heat and fry, stirring, for 3-5 mins until it starts to colour.
• Stir in 1 cinnamon stick, 1 tbsp ground coriander, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground turmeric and ½ tsp fennel seeds, then add 750g leg of lamb. Stir-fry until the lamb changes colour.
• Tip in 400g can chopped tomatoes with a can of water and 1 deseeded and sliced red or green chilli, season well, cover and leave to simmer for 1 hr.
• Stir in the finely chopped stalks from a small bunch coriander, re-cover and cook for a final 30 mins until the lamb is tender. Add a splash of water if necessary to loosen the consistency as it cooks.
• Stir in the roughly chopped coriander leaves and serve with basmati rice and mango chutney or raita.

LAMB CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan, and gently fry the onion, garlic and ginger until soft and golden.
• Add the curry powder, salt and vinegar and stir thoroughly.
• Add the lamb and cook, stirring constantly until the lamb is coated with the spice mixture.
• Add the tomatoes, chillies and mint.
• Cover and cook over a very low heat for 1 1/4 hours or until the lamb is tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add the garam masala and chopped coriander in the last 5 minutes of cooking.
• *note-the tomatoes should provide enough liquid for the meat to cook in, but if necessary, add a little hot water, (approximately 1/2 a cup) just enough to stop the meat sticking to the saucepan.

WARMING LAMB CURRY

Steps:

• To make the curry paste, grind all the ingredients, except the onion, tomato purée and garlic, in a pestle and mortar to a powder. Transfer to a food processor with the remaining ingredients and whizz to a paste.
• Put the lamb in a bowl and coat with the curry paste. Set aside. Heat the butter/ghee in a flameproof casserole with a lid, then fry the onion, bay, cinnamon and chillies over a low-medium heat for 10-12 minutes until deep golden.
• Turn up the heat, then fry the lamb, stirring often, until the paste starts to catch on the bottom of the pan.
• Add the coconut water and enough cold water to just cover the meat. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Remove the lid and gently simmer for 45 minutes or until the meat is tender and the sauce reduced. Stir in the lemon juice and simmer for 2 minutes. Scatter with the coriander leaves, then serve with rice, poppadoms and raita, if you like.