Lamb Curry

Recipe Cuisine: Mideast
Recipe Category: Mideast
Recipe Serves: 6

Recipes Ingredients:

1 1/2 kg Leg of lamb, boned
2 Garlic cloves, crushed
1 tb Coriander seeds
2 ts Fresh ginger, grated
2 ts Black peppercorns
Stem of lemon grass, 10 cm
2 ts Cardomom seeds
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2 ts Cumin seeds
15 oz Can tomatoes
1/2 Cinnamon stick, crumbled
2 c Water
2 tb Oil
1 c Coconut milk
1 lg Onion, chopped

Recipe Instructions:

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