Aloo Gosht

Name: Aloo Gosht
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped; 2 Indian bay leaves (cassia leaves); 1½ teaspoons cumin seeds; 2 tablespoons oil; 350 g (12 oz) waxy potatoes; 1½ teaspoons coriander seeds; 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) leg of lamb on the bone; 1 tablespoon tomato paste (purée); 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 3 cm (1¼ inch) piece of ginger, grated; 400 g (14 oz) tin chopped tomatoes; 3 green chillies, chopped; ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; 2 teaspoons garam masala

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Food of India

By Priya Wickramasinghe

Published 2005

About

This mild, subtly flavoured north Indian dish combines tender lamb with chunks of potato. Adding the bones, with the marrow still in them, results in a much tastier gravy, while starch from the potatoes helps to thicken the sauce.

Ingredients

1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) leg of lamb on the bone
350

Asia
India
Stew
Main course
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Trim away any excess fat from the lamb, remove the bone and cut the lamb into 3 cm (1¼ inch) cubes. Reserve the bones with their marrow.

Cut each potato into large chunks and put in a bowl of cold