Lamb curry recipe
A fragrant lamb curry, made delicious with ginger, garlic, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric, cumin, lime and onion.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 0.5 tsp ground cloves
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp green cardamom powder
- 0.5 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 kg lean lamb, diced
- 2 onions, peeled and sliced into thin wedges
- 2 bay leaves
- 400 ml boiling water
- 2 tomatoes, halved and thinly sliced
- 0.5 lime, juice only
- 1 tsp garam masala
Details
- Cuisine: Indian
- Recipe Type: Main
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 20 mins
- Cooking Time: 50 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- Heat the oil in a large non stick pan and add the ginger paste, garlic paste, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric, salt, chilli powder and cumin.
- Cook for one minute then add the cubed lamb and onions, tossing well to coat evenly in the spices. Cook over a high heat for 5 minutes to seal the meat then add the boiling water. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover the pan loosely and simmer for 40 minutes.
- Add the sliced tomatoes, lime juice and garam masala, then stir well and cook for a further 5 minutes before serving.
Recipe provided by British Onions.
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