Name: Lamb dopiaza
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 800 g lamb, in 5cm cubes; 2 tsp cumin seeds; 1/4 tsp turmeric; 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground cumin; 5 cm piece of root ginger, roughly chopped; 4 garlic cloves; 3 green chillies; 2 onions, roughly chopped, plus 3 onions, finely sliced; 1 tsp crushed peppercorns; 6 tbsp ghee or vegetable oil; 2 sprigs of fresh curry leaves; 6 cloves; 8 cardamom pods, crushed; salt; 2 tsp garam masala; 200 g yogurt, lightly whisked

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

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Reza's Indian Spice

By Reza Mahammad

Published 2012

About

‘Dopiaza’ simply means ‘double onions’. In this dish, the onions are added in two different ways: one is a ground raw onion paste; the other the fried variety. Onions have long been considered an aphrodisiac. You may be titillated to know that, in the 15th century Arabic sex manual. The Perfumed Garden, Abu-el Heiloukh ate onions and remained stimulated for 30 uninterrupted days. Read into that what you will, but perhaps this is not a