Good news - I am a lady of leisure! Swets come to an end on the 27th August, and boy am I happy about that. :-)
On Friday I had the house to myself and decided a curry was in order. One with lamb. Now I have never made a curry from scratch so I was looking forward to the challenge, but didn't want to undertake anything too complicated first time round. I found a recipe on the
Foodie Fight Back blog that sounded perfect so off to the shops I went. I love to go ingredient shopping when I have a recipe I can't wait to cook. A visit to the local indian shop, butcher and supermarket were needed this time.
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| Fresh Ingredients |
The curry turned out better than expected and was perfect for a cold, wet Friday night ...a great meal for K to fill up on before heading to the "G" for the footy.
Ingredients
- 500g diced lamb
- 2 large onions
- Fennel seeds (1/2 tsp)
- Cummin seeds (1 tsp)
- Coriander seeds (1 tsp)
- Dried red chilli's ( I used 3 and heat was a "low" medium ... use as many or little as you like)
- Paprika (1 heaped tsp)
- Fresh green chilli's to taste ( I used 4)
- Plenty of chopped garlic (I used 4 cloves)
- Fresh ginger to taste
- Salt and pepper
- 2x tins chopped tomatoes
- Butter (see instructions)
- Cream or yoghurt ( I used yoghurt)
- Oil for frying
Method:
Start by heating some oil in a heavy based pan. Add the seeds and fry gently until they begin to colour. Slice the onions fairly thickly and add to the pan, together with the garlic, ginger (which can be grated or chopped) and the chopped dried chillies.
Fry until the onions are translucent, making sure to keep turning so that the spices don’t burn. Clear the space in the middle of the pan and tip in the lamb to brown. Once the lamb has browned off a little, add in the paprika, salt and pepper.
Tip in the tins of tomatoes, add the whole green chillies, turn down the heat and kick back. Let the whole lot simmer for a couple of hours, or until the meat is really (really) tender. Check occasionally to make sure it’s not boiling dry and add a little extra water if necessary.
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| On the simmer... |
Once the meat is tender stir in a knob of butter and a little (honestly, you won’t need much) cream or yoghurt. If you have ghee you can use that instead of oil early in the process and you probably won't need to add much (if any) butter now if you find your curry is the consistency you like it. Naturally, the butter is optional so use as desired.
All in all it was a great, hearty meal and one we'll cook again soon! Thanks once more to Foodie Fight Back for the great recipe.
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| Yum! |
Cheers and promise to post again soon.
Mama T.
