Name: Lamb in tamarind sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 5 ml/1 tsp ground coriander; 10 ml/2 tsp ground cumin; 5 ml/1 tsp ground turmeric; 45 ml/3 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil; 10 ml/2 tsp gram flour (besan); 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup whole-milk natural (plain) yogurt; 3 brown cardamom pods, bruised; 2.5 cm/1 in piece cinnamon stick; 1 cm/½ in fresh root ginger, grated, or 10 ml/2 tsp ginger purée; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 1 bay leaf; 4 cloves; 15 ml/1 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 2 cloves garlic, crushed, or 10 ml/2 tsp garlic purée; 45 ml/3 tbsp tamarind pulp; 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro); sprigs of fresh mint, to garnish; warm Indian breads, to serve; 5 ml/1 tsp salt, or to taste; 10 ml/2 tsp ready-made mustard; 2.5-5 ml/½-1 tsp chilli powder; 675 g/1 ½ lb boned leg of lamb

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Bengalis often add small quantities of sugar to their savoury dishes as this enhances the flavours of other ingredients, but in this recipe, Tetuler Mangsho, slightly more sugar is used and, together with tamarind and chilli, produces a delicious sweet, sour and hot taste.

Ingredients

675 g/1 ½ lb boned leg of lamb
120 ml/4

Method

Remove any excess fat from the meat and cut it into 2.5cm/1in cubes.
Whisk the yogurt and gram flour together in a bowl. Stir in the turmeric, cumin, coriander, chilli powder, mustard and salt. Add the meat and stir to coat, then cover and leave to marinate for 30 minutes.

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