Lamb curry recipe

Vinod Patel
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Lamb curry recipe

A fragrant lamb curry, made delicious with ginger, garlic, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric, cumin, lime and onion.

At a glance
  • Cuisine Indian
  • Recipe Type Main
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation time 20 mins
  • Cooking time 50 mins
  • Serves 4 people
Ingredients
  • 3 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 tsp ginger paste
  • 1 tsp garlic paste
  • 0.5 tsp ground cloves
  • 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp green cardamom powder
  • 0.5 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp chilli powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 kg (2.2lbs) lean lamb, diced
  • 2 onions, peeled and sliced into thin wedges
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 400 ml (14.1fl oz) boiling water
  • 2 tomatoes, halved and thinly sliced
  • 0.5 lime, juice only
  • 1 tsp garam masala

Step-by-step

  1. Heat the oil in a large non stick pan and add the ginger paste, garlic paste, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric, salt, chilli powder and cumin.
  2. Cook for one minute then add the cubed lamb and onions, tossing well to coat evenly in the spices. Cook over a high heat for 5 minutes to seal the meat then add the boiling water. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover the pan loosely and simmer for 40 minutes.
  3. Add the sliced tomatoes, lime juice and garam masala, then stir well and cook for a further 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe provided by British Onions.

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