Green Chilli Mince

Name: Green Chilli Mince
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 small garlic bulb, peeled, cloves halved lengthways; 125 ml (½ cup) Greek (strained plain) yoghurt; squeeze of lime juice; 1 tsp turmeric; ½ tsp cumin seeds; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) minced lamb; 8 large green chillies, seeded and chopped into 1 cm (½ in) pieces; 90 ml (6 tbsp) vegetable oil; 4 onions

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Curry Lovers Cookbook

By Roopa Gulati

Published 2007

About

The original recipe, handwritten in a well-used notebook, has long since faded: entire sentences have been blurred by stray smudges of yoghurt and occasional splatters.

Ingredients

125 ml (½ cup) Greek (strained plain) yoghurt
1 tsp turmeric

Asia
India
Main course
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Mix together the yoghurt, turmeric, and cumin seeds in a large bowl. Add the mince and stir until combined. Leave on one side for 30 minutes.
Slice 2 of the onions and dice the remaining onions. Heat the oil in a sturdy pan - a cast iron one is perfect. Fry the sliced onions over a gentle heat until golden.
Turn the heat to medium, tip in the mince mi