Name: Home-Style Lamb and Potato Curry
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Bangladesh
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon mustard seeds; 4 garlic cloves; 1 star anise; 2 teaspoons chilli powder; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander; 3-4 whole green chillies; 700 g medium potatoes, peeled and quartered; 1 tomato, chopped; 6 peppercorns; 1 stick cinnamon; 1 bay leaf; 2 medium onions, sliced; 1 kg lamb shoulder on the bone, cut into 3cm pieces; 1 teaspoon garam masala; 4 cardamom pods; 2 teaspoons ground turmeric; 5 tablespoons vegetable oil; 4 cloves; 5 cm piece ginger, roughly chopped; 2 teaspoons paprika; 1 tablespoon ground coriander

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Brick Lane Cookbook

By Dina Begum

Published 2018

About

Brick Lane is known for its curry houses and Bangladeshi eateries, and it’s no surprise as the largest Bangladeshi population in the UK lives in the area that surrounds this famous foodie hotspot. This is a classic Bengali curry; it does take a little time but it is worth it. Make sure you get lamb on the bone as it is key to those distinct home-style flavours. Mopped up with some flatbread or rice, this is perfect comfort food and it also makes for an impressive dinner party main with side