Aromatic Lamb Curry

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

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

Preserve
Main course
Spicy
Gluten-free

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