Aromatic Lamb Curry

Name: Aromatic Lamb Curry
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: sourdough, to serve; 2.5cm piece of ginger, grated; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 red onion, chopped; 400 g new potatoes, halved; 3 tsp dried chilli flakes; 1 tsp black peppercorns; 400 ml water; 400 ml tin coconut milk; seeds from 5 cardamom pods; 2 preserved lemons, sliced; a pinch of salt; 1 tbsp lime juice; 4 lamb shanks (about 1.4kg); 1 lemongrass stalk, white part only, roughly chopped; 2 tbsp coriander stems and leaves, chopped, plus a large handful of leaves, to serve; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp roasted peanuts, chopped; 3 tbsp olive oil; 6 garlic cloves, crushed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

When I’m making this curry at home, the whole house smells delicious. Using lamb shanks makes it look so pretty and gives it dinner party status.

Ingredients

3 tsp dried chilli flakes
2.5cm piece of ginger, grated
2

Main course
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/320°F/Gas Mark 3.

Combine the chilli flakes, ginger, cumin seeds, black peppercorns, cardamom and salt with the onion, garlic, lemongrass, coriander and 1 tbsp of the olive oil in a blender and blend as finely as possible.

Brown the lamb shanks