Creamy Lamb

Name: Creamy Lamb
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 6 each whole cinnamon sticks, peppercorns, cardamom, cloves and star anise – usually called ‘whole masala’; 3 lb leg of lamb, fat taken off and cut into small chunks; 1 pint whipping cream; Flaked almonds, flash-fried in a little butter; 3 tsp each crushed ginger and garlic; 1 tsp chilli powder; 1 bunch of fresh mint, chopped; 4 tbsp oil; 1 tsp paprika powder; 4 onions, sliced; 3 tsp mixture of ground cumin and coriander; 1 tbsp garam masala; 3 dried whole chillies

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Settler's Cookbook

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

3 lb leg of lamb, fat taken off and cut into small chunks
6 each whole cinnamon sticks, peppercorns, cardamom, cloves and

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the oil and add the chillies and whole masala. Let sizzle for two minutes, then add onions and fry until light brown.
Add ginger, garlic, ground coriander and cumin, and fry for another three minutes.
Add meat, cream, chilli and paprika powders and half a cup of water.
Lower heat so the lamb can simmer.
Cook for an hour an