Vinegar-Marinated Lamb with Potatoes and Mustard Seeds

Name: Vinegar-Marinated Lamb with Potatoes and Mustard Seeds (Syrian Christian Lamb Curry)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon cayenne (ground red pepper); 2 teaspoons coriander seeds; 1½ teaspoons coarse kosher or sea salt; 1 pound boneless leg of lamb, fat trimmed off and discarded, cut into 1-inch cubes; 1 teaspoon black or yellow mustard seeds; 15 to 20 medium-size to large fresh curry leaves; ½ cup distilled white vinegar, cider vinegar, or malt vinegar; ½ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 teaspoons fennel seeds; 2 teaspoons black peppercorns; 1 small red onion, coarsely chopped; 4 lengthwise slices fresh ginger (each 2 inches long, 1 inch wide, and ⅛ inch thick); 4 large cloves garlic; 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches long), broken into smaller pieces; 5 tablespoons canola oil; ¼ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems; 1 pound russet or Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, cut into 1-inch cubes, and submerged in a bowl of cold water to prevent browning

Syrian Christian Lamb Curry

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

660 Curries

By Raghavan Iyer

Published 2008

About

When the followers of the Apostle Thomas landed off the coast of Malabar (now known as Kerala) almost 2,000 years ago to spread the word of Christianity, they successfully converted a sect of Hindu Namboodri Brahmins. These Nazranis (followers of Christ from Nazareth who used the rituals and traditions of the Jewish faith) conducted their sermons in the Syrian and Aramaic languages; hence they came to be known as Syrian Christians. Now they are all members of the Roman Catholic Church. Anot

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Asia
India
Main course
Gluten-free
Spicy

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