Lamb Curry

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Ready in 30 minutes

Ingredients

Stem of lemon grass, 10 cm

2 Garlic cloves, crushed

1/2 Cinnamon stick, crumbled

15 oz Can tomatoes

2 ts Cardomom seeds

1 tb Coriander seeds

2 ts Fresh ginger, grated

1 1/2 kg Leg of lamb, boned

2 tb Vegetable oil

1 lg Onion chopped

1 c Coconut milk

2 ts Black peppercorns

2 c Water

2 ts Cumin seeds


Directions

1. Remove fat from lamb, cut lamb into 2.5 cm cubes. 2. Finely grind corriander seeds, peppercorns, cardamom seeds, cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon. 3. Heat oil in a pan, add lamb in three batches, fry until brown, remove. 4. Add onion, garlic, ginger and lemon grass to pan, stir-fry until onion is tender. Add spice mixture, stir-fry for 3 minutes. 5. Return lamb to pan with undrained, crushed tomatoes, water and coconut milk, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, simmer, uncovered, stirring often, for 1-1/2 hours, or until lamb is tender. NOTE: This curry is very mild. If you prefer a spicier one, add 1 to 4 chopped red chillies. HINT: Most Indonesians are Muslims and therefore do not eat pork. Instead they eat lamb, beef and goat. Source: Indonesian Cooking

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