Recipe courtesy of Indrapura Indonesian Restaurant
Lamb Curry
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 8 servings
- Total: 2 hr 30 min
- Prep: 30 min
- Cook: 2 hr
Ingredients
2 pounds lamb meat or lamb innards
5 tablespoons vegetable oil
Spice Paste, recipe follows
2 cardamom seeds
3 cloves
1 (1 1/2-inch) piece cinnamon
1 (3/4-inch) piece fresh galangal, smashed
2 lemongrass stalks, bruised
3 salam leaves (optional)* (See Cook's Note)
1 1/2 quarts coconut milk
Spice Paste:
5 red chilies, chopped
10 shallots, chopped
5 cloves garlic, peeled
5 candlenuts
1 (3/4-inch) piece fresh ginger, chopped
(3/4-inch) piece fresh turmeric, chopped
2 tablespoons coriander seeds
1/2 tablespoon anise seed
15 black peppercorns
1/4 tablespoon fennel seeds
Salt
Directions
- Trim the meat and cut into cubes. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the pounded spice paste and fry until fragrant. Add the cardamom seeds, cloves, cinnamon, galangal, lemongrass, and salam leaves. After 2 minutes, add the meat and stir until the meat stiffens. Add the coconut milk and stir well on low fire until meat is tender, about 1 to 2 hours. When you see that the coconut milk is evaporating, add some hot water. When the oil comes up, take it away and keep stirring until the sauce becomes thick. Serve with white rice.
Spice Paste:
- Combine all of the ingredients and mix into a fine paste in a mortar and pestle, or in a food processor.
Cook’s Note
Can be found at ethnic markets. It can be substituted with curry leaves.