Indian Style Lamb Curry

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Cook Time:
1 hr 10 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
6 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 5 min
Cook: 1 hr 10 min
Total:: 1 hr 35 min

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Ingredients

1 cup grapeseed oil
3 medium onions, diced small
4 teaspoons turmeric
6 teaspoons masala powder
8 cloves garlic, minced
1 to 2 chiles, diced small (your choice)
5 pounds lean lamb, cut into 1-inch cubes
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
1 1/2 quarts vegetable stock or water
3 medium sized potatoes, peeled and diced small
2 cups rice
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves

Directions

Chef's Note: You can replace the turmeric and masala powder with curry powder

In a large cooking pot, heat the oil and add the chopped onions, frying until golden brown. Stir in the turmeric and masala powder (or curry powder), garlic and chiles, mix well and cook for a couple of minutes to integrate flavors. Add the lamb and sear on all sides. Sprinkle the flour over the meat using a sifting motion, spoon in tomato paste, then gradually add the stock (or water) stirring constantly while doing so. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer over low heat until meat is tender, about 1 hour. Check the pot often and stir so the curry doesn't burn. If the sauce is thickening too fast during this cooking time, add water to retain the consistency and to prevent burning. (If you prefer, once you have added the stock or water and the sauce is a good smooth consistency, you may transfer to a covered roasting pan and finish in the oven at 350 degrees F until the meat is tender.) In the last 30 minutes of cooking time, stir in the potatoes.

While the lamb curry is in its last 1/2 hour, bring 5 cups of water to a boil, add rice and salt, reduce heat, cover and cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit 5 minutes.

Spoon rice onto serving plate, top with lamb curry and garnish with fresh cilantro.

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recipe Indian Style Lamb Curry
T Urbana, IL 03-23-2009
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Misleading
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I feel bad for anyone who tried to follow this recipe because it is very misleading from the perspective of Indian cooking. ... First, "masala" means spice mixture, so "masala powder" in this recipe could mean any of the thousands of variations of Indian spice mixtures, each of which would give a different flavor to this dish. Second, depending on the type of spices present in the "masala," it could be added to a marinade, used to flavor the oil, or added just prior to serving. Different spices have different robustness - to add them all at the same time is doing a real disservice to the flavors of the spices. For anyone interested in real Indian cooking, I would suggest looking at some of the Indian recipe sites.Read more
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andi colorado springs, CO 12-29-2008
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yep...flavourless!!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I adjusted the amounts for 1lb of lamb, but only adjusted by 1/4 instead of 1/5, and only added a sprinkle of flour - the... recipe called for way too much!. I then added more seasoning - still flavourless. I ended up adding my own blend of curry powders to make it palatable. I wouldn't use this recipe again, or recommend it to anyone else. I'll ask for a good lamb curry recipe next time I visit my regular Indian market. Read more
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Anonymous 03-18-2008
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Flour?!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This was flavourless. I don't think you should add as much flour as it calls for, if any at all. If anything, sprinkle enough... flour to coat your meat. The flour makes it into a weird gravy monster, and not the texture you want.Read more
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Kathryn Brookline, MA 11-26-2007
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Delicious!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Very good recipe; makes a wonderful curry!
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Anonymous 09-12-2007
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extremely disapointed
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

i have always been a huge indian food fan, i love the bold flavors, but this recipe is horrible. you would think with all of... the garlic and onion and all the other ingrediants it would at least taste like something, it has no flavor. we followed the recipe word for word and spent around tweny dollars and it was all a waste. next time i think i'll go to my friend who is indian, her mom actually knows how to cook.Read more