curried lamb with apricots

chia's Note:

fix it in the morning and come home to a wonderful aromatic dinner

• Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 lbs lamb , cut in 1 inch cubes
• 2 onions , chopped
• 4 cloves garlic , chopped
• 2 jalapenos , seeded and chopped
• 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
• 4 cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon salt
• fresh pepper
• ½ cup beef stock
• 1 ½ cups chopped apricots
• cooked white rice
• mango chutney

Directions:

1. in a non stick skillet heat oil and brown lamb in batches, place in crockpot add onions, garlic, jalapeno, ginger and the rest of the spices, stir for 1 minute until fragrant.
2. add beef stock, mix well, pour over lamb in crockpot.
3. cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-5 hours.
4. add apricots, cover and cook for 30 minutes more.
5. discard cinnamon stick, serve over rice with mango chutney.

Reviews

[Geema]

This was a very aromatic and flavorful curry with the perfect amount of mild heat. Because it was cooked in the crockpot, the lamb melted in our mouth. I admit to being scared about adding the apricots. But, since I've used raisins in curry before, I made the short leap to apricots and was very pleased at the exotic, tart taste. I didn't make any changes to the recipe, but had fun using all those spices that just sit in my drawer unused for months...especially the little cardamom pods. I had fun making this recipe, Chia, and DH and I truly loved eating it. He gives it a 5 *****

[Derf]

This truly is aromatic with wonderful taste! Made it Saturday night and just plugged it in on Sunday morning after breaky. It took about 7 hours plus the 30 minutes for the apricots. I chopped dried apricots to about raisin size and used all of the spices except the cardomon pods, didn't have any so used the ground cardomon, half a teaspoon. We also very much enjoyed it and will certainly make it again, thanks for sharing a great recipe. Wonderful payback!!

[discriminating tastes...]

This was nice and flavorful. I halved the recipe but didn't have the same problem of not having enough liquid because I always add more liquid when I half recipes. I used about 3/4 cup of stock for half the recipe, so I had a nice gravy. I overcooked it however, as I didn't adjust for cooking time. I suspect it would have been done in 4 hours. Next time I may just simmer it in a dutch oven and add a little chopped habanero for more heat.