Ingredients
thumb-sized piece ginger, ½ cut into matchsticks, the rest left whole
2 onions, quartered
4 garlic cloves
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
1 cinnamon stick
1 tbsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground turmeric
½ tsp fennel seeds
750g leg of lamb, diced
400g can chopped tomatoes
1 red chilli or green chilli, deseeded and sliced
small bunch coriander, stalks finely chopped, leaves roughly chopped
basmati rice and mango chutney or raita, to serve
Method
STEP 1
Put ½ the thumb-sized piece of ginger, 2 quartered onions and 4 garlic cloves in a food processor with 300ml water. Blitz to a smooth purée.
STEP 2
Scrape down the sides with a spoon and blitz again to make it as smooth as you can. Tip into a deep sauté pan, cover with a lid and simmer for 15 mins.
STEP 3
Remove the lid and cook for 5 mins more, stirring occasionally. By now the liquid should be all gone. If not, cook a little longer.
STEP 4
Add 2 tbsp rapeseed oil to the pan with the remaining piece of ginger, cut into matchsticks. Turn up the heat and fry, stirring, for 3-5 mins until it starts to colour.
STEP 5
Stir in 1 cinnamon stick, 1 tbsp ground coriander, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground turmeric and ½ tsp fennel seeds, then add 750g leg of lamb. Stir-fry until the lamb changes colour.
STEP 6
Tip in 400g can chopped tomatoes with a can of water and 1 deseeded and sliced red or green chilli, season well, cover and leave to simmer for 1 hr.
STEP 7
Stir in the finely chopped stalks from a small bunch coriander, re-cover and cook for a final 30 mins until the lamb is tender. Add a splash of water if necessary to loosen the consistency as it cooks.
Borrowed from:Home-style lamb curry recipe | Good Food (bbcgoodfood.com)