Meat Curry

This recipe comes from the Indian state of Uttaranchal. A good curry for weekday cooking. Watched this today on a cookery show and tried it immediately as I had all the ingredients.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 3

Ingredients

• 600  g  meat, cut into pieces for curry
• 2  tablespoons  oil
• 2  medium onions, chopped
• 2  tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1  teaspoon cumin powder
• 1  teaspoon coriander powder
• 1  teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 2  medium tomatoes, chopped
• 1 1⁄2 cups water

Directions

1. Grind to a paste the garlic, cumin, coriander, chilli powder, turmeric and salt.
2. Heat the oil in a vessel.
3. Add the onions and saute till golden brown.
4. Add the ground paste and saute till the raw smell goes (around 2 mins) Add the tomatoes and cook till they are totally incorporated into the mixture.
5. Add the meat pcs.
6. Mix well and then add the water.
7. Put a heavy lid on the vessel and cook for half an hour.
8. (In the program they sealed the vessel to the cover with prepared dough and cooked for 1/2 an hour till the dough dried out- this is dum cooking) I just cooked it normally.
9. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with wedges of lime.