Lamb Curry

"We eat this a lot, sometimes using beef or chicken, and find this an easy dish when we want a quick curry fix. You can add a couple of peeled, diced pootatoes and about 2 cups of water for the final 30 minutes of cooking."
 
Download
photo by I'mPat photo by I'mPat
photo by I'mPat
photo by JoyfulCook photo by JoyfulCook
photo by JustJanS photo by JustJanS
photo by I'mPat photo by I'mPat
photo by I'mPat photo by I'mPat
Ready In:
1hr 50mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
6
Advertisement

ingredients

Advertisement

directions

  • Heat the oil in a large saucepan, and gently fry the onion, garlic and ginger until soft and golden.
  • Add the curry powder, salt and vinegar and stir thoroughly.
  • Add the lamb and cook, stirring constantly until the lamb is coated with the spice mixture.
  • Add the tomatoes, chillies and mint.
  • Cover and cook over a very low heat for 1 1/4 hours or until the lamb is tender, stirring occasionally.
  • Add the garam masala and chopped coriander in the last 5 minutes of cooking.
  • *note-the tomatoes should provide enough liquid for the meat to cook in, but if necessary, add a little hot water, (approximately 1/2 a cup) just enough to stop the meat sticking to the saucepan.

Questions & Replies

Got a question? Share it with the community!
Advertisement

Reviews

  1. I loved this curry! It was a choice between yours and a rated one. I'm glad I picked this one. I had basically everything on hand, and it was geat. I thickened it slightly with cornflour at the end. A thicker sauce is personal choice. Congrats!!
     
  2. Just as good as your other recipes!
     
  3. I love this recipe,followed every thing as written and it turned out great.My all time favorite curry to make at home.Every one who loves curry,should give this a try,you wont be disappointed.
     
  4. This was divine, a definite keeper. I made it as directed and I don't think I would change a thing.
     
  5. O'kay I did'nt quite cook as per recipe but that was my choice partially due to dietary reasons I only used 1 onion and cut into chunky so that the DH has he has an intolerance to them could pull it out (he likes the flavour but if he ingests them he gets very bad stomach cramps) and omitted the the mint and coriander as we don't really care for either (our choice). I did use beef (gravy beef/boneless shin) as lamb is helishly expensive and not very good quality at the moment. As I have a lot of problem getting anything to simmer on my stove for a long period (and oh I used a cast iron pot [La Crueset]) and once I coked it to the simmer point I bunged it in a 160C fan forced oven for 2 hours and I have to admit as it was cooking the smells were intoxicating, I left it uncovered for the last 15 minutes to thicken up the juices (I have to admit I was worried about no liquid going in but it is amzaxing how much the tomatoes leach out. I used a mix of a hot Madrass curry and regular curry peowder (1 tablespoon of each) and lemon juice but I usually cut it with a little bit of sugar (about 1/4 teaspoon) and because I didn't it had a slightly rough taste. The only other thing I would do differently though would be to peel the tomatoes (put a cross in the base with a sharp knife and plunge into boilding water for about 20 seconds, scoop out and into a ice bath and they will peel easy peasy). Overall a good easy curry that packs some taste behind it. UPDATE - used a 2 k leg of lam which I deboned but I only had a couple of small tomatoes so used 2 x 400 grams of tomatoes (one was whole peeled which I added with juice and the other which was diced I drained and added to the mix when called for) and as we were on the tail end of flue I used 2 well heaped tablespoon of Madras curry powder and 5 Thai chillies (seeds and all) to pack some punch and cooked in the oven as I did before though half way through the cooking we decided to add some potatoe so finely diced a medium potatoe and diced a large potatoe to bite size pieces so the small pieces dissolved and thickened the sauce and the large pieces became part of the dish - enjoyed by all.
     
Advertisement

Tweaks

  1. "Spicy but not to spicy." Those are the words that DH spoke as he ate his dinner. This has a nice blending of flavors. I used left over pork instead of the lamb shoulder and since the pork was already cooked, it cut the cooking time to about 30 minutes. Served this over jasmine rice accompanied by Marinated and Grilled Zucchini and Summer Squash recipe #102237.
     

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

<p><img src=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--qzFlPmoBZk/TbKPpmzGD6I/AAAAAAAAByw/w4d1ZAk6Tmc/s400/BILD4983.JPG alt= width=400 height=300 /><img src=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uP9r5mIQTLU/TVSdwtrfzeI/AAAAAAAABvc/6wIdCGjwJL8/s400/untitled.jpg alt= width=400 height=300 /><img src=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pdWKI9ofcqY/TVSaUgSfLYI/AAAAAAAABvU/vsThm3lL7TE/s400/untitled.jpg alt= width=400 height=300 /><img src=http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=6904575&amp;fbid=464057497463&amp;op=1&amp;o=global&amp;view=global alt= /><img src=http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=6904575&amp;fbid=464057497463&amp;op=1&amp;o=global&amp;view=global alt= /><img src=http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=6904575&amp;fbid=464057497463&amp;op=1&amp;o=global&amp;view=global alt= /> <object width=288 height=192 data=http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf type=application/x-shockwave-flash> <param name=data value=http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf /> <param name=flashvars value=host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fjanandruss%2Falbumid%2F5047998773731621633%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss%26authkey%3DoiWHiLPpkPQ /> <param name=src value=http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf /> </object> <img src=http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=6904575&amp;fbid=464057497463&amp;op=1&amp;o=global&amp;view=global alt= /><br />Thanks for visiting my page and thanks too to any of you who take the time to make, review or photograph one of my recipes. <br /><br />I came to Recipezaar&nbsp;9 years ago looking for a duck salad recipe. Bergy answered my request, I took a look around the site and joined that day (January 18th 2002). I can't remember my life without Recipezaar. I've made (and met) many wonderful friends through it.</p> <p>In 2005, I was invited to host the brand new Australian/New Zealand forum, but quit that role recently and am really enjoying just being a Groupie!<br /><br />I am married to Russell. He was a widower with 3 teenage boys and I was a single parent with two little boys when we met in Feb 1992. We now have 5 wonderful grown men (my baby is 26),&nbsp;5 beautiful partners (we finally got the girls) 2 special grandsons, and count ourselves so lucky. The night Russ and I met, we stayed up until 6am talking about food and wine and 18 years later, we are still doing it!&nbsp;</p> <p>This mutal love of food lead to a huge weight gain for both of us (both around 110kgs) so at the end of March 2010, I&nbsp; decided enough is enough and&nbsp; embarked on my own weight loss program. We've reduced fat intake and protein portions, upped fibre (so lots of fresh fish, veg, salads and a bit more fruit), reduced alcohol and stopped snacking (unless it's a piece of fruit or a pickled onion or cucumber). I have lost&nbsp;33 kg (or around&nbsp;72 lbs) to date&nbsp;(August 2011)and &nbsp;I've gone from an Aus size 24 (US 20) to my current 14/16 (US 10/12)&nbsp;I'd like to lose a futher&nbsp;8 kgs, but one step at a time! Russ&nbsp;&nbsp;has lost 38 kg so is the lightest he's been since arriving in Australia 32 years ago! I&nbsp; get a shock these days when I do the laundry cos his clothes are so SMALL!!!</p> <p>People often say they are amazed because losing weight is so hard but I'm amazed at how easy this is. And so much nicer than the alternative I was looking at-lap banding! I can go out and eat and drink as I wish, then come home and be sensible. It's certainly working for us! I can walk, get up and down off the floor or ground, and I now&nbsp;buy clothes&nbsp; because I like them, not just because they fit!). My blood pressure has gone from dangerous to perfect, my cholesterol and blood sugars are perfect and way back into normal now so it's been really good from a health aspect too.</p> <p>For every day this has taken, I feel like I've been given back two-my life has changed so much with the things I now feel I can do. I even managed to walk almost 11ks around the big red rock Uluru in the top picture and I know I couldn't have done it 12 months before. My eventual aim is to ride on the FRONT of the camel-recently, I had to ride on the back as I'm heavier than&nbsp;Russ lol. But twelve months ago I couldn't ride at all as I was out of the weight range to do so!</p> <p>Once upon a time, I used to be a chef, cooking for a living, but now just really enjoy cooking for the two of us, family and friends. I think that my food knowledge has really helped in our weight loss though.</p> <p>The&nbsp;middle photo&nbsp;was at my starting weight of&nbsp;110kg taken in Feb 2010 and the&nbsp;bottom&nbsp;taken January 2011 and 24kg lighter, the TOP taken in April 2011 and 27kgs lighter!&nbsp; I can see the difference even if you can't LOL. I wish I knew how to edit them into order.</p> <p>Russ and I still&nbsp;love our food-we wake up thinking about dinner and go to sleep remembering it. I especially like light, bright Asian food and if it has duck in it, that's an added bonus. We are keen fisher people and keep ourselves well supplied with fresh fish, squid, crabs and fresh yabbies (crawfish). <br /><br />In February 2006 we headed off on what was to be&nbsp; 3 years and two months travelling Australia. It was the most wonderful time of our lives but all things must end and in May 2009, we moved into a brand new villa unit. I&nbsp; realised then how much I had missed my own laundry room, kitchen and sofa (all things I took for granted until we travelled in our caravan).&nbsp; Since coming home, we've spent the winters travelling and fishing in the warm northerly parts of Australia and the summers in our gorgeous little home amongst friends and family. It's a wonderful life and I feel so very privilaged to be able to experience it!</p> <p>When we leave home to travel, we take along all the food in our pantry, carry a domestic freezer, vacuum sealer,&nbsp;all our knives and favourite cookware and eat&nbsp;exactly the same as we would at home (perhaps we eat more fresh seafood)-we aren't on vacation-we're just living somewhere else!<br /><br /><br />Why did I give you the stars that I gave you??? <br />5 stars=awsome, fantastic, amazing, nothing to complain about <br />4 stars=very good, but I added something, felt it needed something, the recipe wasn't particularly well written or it really wasn't awesome, fantastic or amazing, just very good <br />3 stars=it was OK <br />2 stars=it was forgetable <br />1 star=no one could/would eat it tonight, tomorrow or ever again <br /><a href=http://www.satsleuth.com/VisitorMap/stats.php?id=6Vsv878m><br /></a></p>
 
View Full Profile
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Find More Recipes