Delicious slow cooked Lamb Bhuna | Possibly my favourite lamb curry!
Slow-Cooked Lamb Bhuna - a hot curry, made by frying spices gently, before adding the meat, tomatoes and stock and then letting it simmer away in the oven until tender. It's served in a lusciously thick sauce that clings to the meat.
If you or someone in your family isn't keen on the heat you can leave out the dried and fresh chillies for a milder dish that's still super rich and tasty.
Free printable recipe is available on our site:
Ingredients:
2 tbsp ghee or oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 cinnamon stick
4 cardamom pods
1 large or 2 medium onions peeled and chopped into thick chunks
3 cloves garlic minced
2 tsp minced ginger
6 green birds eye chillies 2 finely chopped, 4 left whole
2 bay leaves
1 tsp chilli flakes
2 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
1 pinch of ground cloves
½ tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
1 kg (2.2 lbs) lamb chopped into 1-inch chunks (use shoulder, leg or neck)
1 red bell pepper chopped into large chunks
6 medium tomatoes roughly chopped
3 tbsp tomato puree
360 ml (1 ½ cups) lamb or chicken stock
To serve:
Boiled or pilau rice
Chopped coriander cilantro
Chapati
Raita
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 170C/325F
2. Heat the ghee over a medium heat in a large oven-proof pan.
3. Add the cumin seeds, cinnamon and cardamom. Fry for 2-3 minutes, until the spices release their fragrance.
4. Add the chopped onion, garlic and ginger and fry, stirring often, for 5 minutes, until the onion is softened and lightly browned.
5. Add the green chillies, bay leaves, chilli flakes, ground coriander, ground cumin, turmeric, cloves, salt and pepper.
6. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes.
7. Add the lamb and stir to coat in the spices. Cook for 5-7 minutes, until sealed.
8. Add in the chopped red pepper, chopped tomatoes, tomato puree and stock.
Stir together and bring to the boil.
9. Cover the pan and place in the oven for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes - until the lamb is tender and the sauce has thickened. Check on it a couple of times in the last 30 minutes or so so ensure the liquid isn't running dry. Top up with a splash of boiling water if it is.
10. Remove from the oven and serve topped with fresh coriander.
11. I like to serve mine with boiled or pilau rice, chapati and raitha.
Notes:
Can I make it ahead?
Yes, you can make the curry, then cool, cover and refrigerate.Reheat in a pan over a medium heat, stirring occasionally until piping hot throughout.Or reheat in the oven (170C/325F) with the lid on, for around 30 minutes, until piping hot throughout.You may need to add a splash of water or stock to loosen up the curry when reheating.
Can I freeze it?
Yes, make the curry, then cool, cover and freeze. Defrost overnight in the refrigerator and reheat as per the make-ahead instructions above.
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Lamb Madras Recipe
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Early restauranteurs had no way of communicating the scale of heat in a dish so an arbitrary scale was created - a korma is mild, a phall is crazy hot and so on. Now the standard restaurant dishes all fit somewhere on that gradient. However, one sauce was created by restauranteurs in the UK that was hot, fiery and tangy - and they called it madras. Now Madras (now called Chenni) is a hot, dry region in India so this was a great way to illustrate the level of heat in this dish. History lesson over!
If you want to get to grips with your spices this is a lovely dish to put together as you have to create your own Madras spice blend. A beautifully fragrant recipe for when you're ready for a little more of a challenge.
Ingredients
400-600g leg of lamb, trimmed and chopped
Madras Powder
2 tbsp coriander seeds
2 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp black peppercorns
½ tsp fennel seeds
1 cassia stick (about 7cm long)
5 whole cloves
2 tbsp turmeric
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp salt or to taste
Masala Sauce
3 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp black mustard seeds
10-12 fresh curry leaves
1 onion, finely diced
1 green chilli, finely chopped (2 for more heat)
2 cm ginger, grated
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
400g/ 1 tin plum tomatoes
2 tsp tamarind pulp
1 tsp hot chilli powder
Handful fresh coriander
Method
To create your madras powder combine black peppercorns, cassia, cloves, coriander, fenugreek, mustard, poppy, cumin and fennel seeds, and grind to a fine powder with an electric grinder (blender or pestel and mortar).
Stir in the turmeric and chilli powder.
Place the lamb in a large bowl and rub with 2 or 3 tablespoons of madras curry powder and the salt until all the meat is coated. Transfer the remaining powder into a well-sealed jar for another time.
Heat the oil in a large cast iron pan until hot. Add the mustard seeds once they start to pop stir in the curry leaves and then the onions.
Soften the onions until they turn dark brown (about 20 minutes) before adding the green chilli and ginger along with the finely chopped garlic.
Keep stirring as this has a tendency to catch on the bottom of the pan. If it does catch add a splash of water.
After a few minutes, add the tomatoes, tamarind and red chilli. Bring this to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer to create a thick masala sauce.
Once it is shiny and thick add the lamb to the pan. Stir to coat the meat with the sauce. Reduce the heat to the lowest setting, cover and leave to cook very gently for 40 minutes - 1 hour until it is cooked through.
Stir occasionally until the sauce has thickened and the lamb is tender.
Lamb Madras - BIR British Indian Restaurant Style
Credit Misty Ricardo for this amazing Madras!
The recipes for the base gravy, pre-cooked lamb, mix powder, and the Madras itself can be found in his Volume 1 book, 'Indian Restaurant Curry at Home'
Credit Latifs Inspired for the tomato puree recipe.
Spicy Lamb Madras Recipe - Titli's Busy Kitchen
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Ghee/Oil – 5 tbsp
Pre-cooked Lamb – 300g HERE’S THE VIDEO LINK:
Salt – to Taste
Ginger & Garlic Paste – 1 tbsp
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Lamb Madras Curry
My Lamb Madras curry is an ode to the Bangladeshi British Indian restaurants of the 1980's... Featuring a spicy sauce made from freshly toasted spices and using coconut milk rather than yoghurt to temper the spicy burn!
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