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Lamb Masala

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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 135m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 2 brown onions, halved and thinly sliced (I would cut chunky due to intolerances of the DH)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • Fresh gingerroot (3cm piece, peeled, finely grated)
  • 600 grams lamb (leg steaks, trimmed of fat and cut into 2.5cm pieces)
  • 4 cardamom pods (crushed with the back of a knife)
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick (broken in half)
  • 2 teaspoons ground paprika
  • 2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 green chilli (halved lengthways, long green chili)
  • 1 cube (4 grams) low-sodium vegetable stock (Massel brand specified)
  • 250 ml water (boiling, 1 cup)
  • 2 bunches (170 to 200 grams) broccolini (trimmed and steamed, to serve)
  • FOR SIDES
  • Roti bread
  • Saffron rice
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 150C fan forced.

  • Step 2: Heat oil in a large stove-proof and ovenproof dish over a medium heat and add onion, reduce heat to medium low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 12 minutes or until onion is very soft.

  • Step 3: Add garlic, ginger and lamb, increase heat to high and cook, stirring, until lamb changes colour and then add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, paprika, cumin and chilli and cook, stirring, for 1 minutes and then add combined stock cube and water and stir well, bringing to a simmer.

  • Step 4: Cover and transfer to oven and bake for 2 hours, stirring once, until lamb is very tender and the sauce is thick and rich.

  • Step 5: Serve with broccolini and a side of Roti bread or saffron rice.


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