Lamb Korma

Submitted by Charishma_Ramchanda

"This tasty korma calls for patient cooking. The spicing can be kept to a minimum. However, one can add a maximum of 20 spices like almonds, cashewnuts, pine nuts and cream to make a rich and delicious meal on festive occasions."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 500 g lamb
• 4 tablespoons yoghurt
• 3 onions, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 inch ginger, chopped
• 3 tablespoons ghee or 3 tablespoons oil
• 6 black peppercorns, crushed
• 4 green cardamoms, crushed
• 3 cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 teaspoons coriander powder
• 500 ml water
• 2 tablespoons green coriander

directions

1. Cut lamb meat into small cubes.
2. Blend 2 chopped onions, garlic and ginger in a blender alongwith adding a little water.
3. Heat ghee in a saucepan.
4. Add one chopped onion and fry till it becomes pale golden in colour.
5. Add crushed spices, salt and meat.
6. Fry for 8 minutes to a rich brown colour.
7. Add the blended mixture and fry for 10 minutes.
8. Add the chilli and corriander powders and yoghurt.
9. Fry the mixture until ghee separates.
10. Add water, mix well, cover with a lid and simmer for one hour until the meat is tender and the sauce has thickened.
11. Serve hot sprinkled with corriander leaves.
12. Goes well with roti, naan or rice.

Reviews

[Tannic]

This is a good, easy and extremely flexible and forgiving recipe. I made two batches, in one I used leftover rare leg of lamb and in the other I used leftover chipotle-pineapple ham and a bag of frozen cauliflower. Because I used meat that was already cooked I reduce the final cooking time considerably. I look forward to making this in a more traditional way at some point.

 

[hotchoco.]

Thank you for the recipe, I tried it and it was great. My husband and I loved it, I made a pulao of the leftovers. It was great will make it some other time.

 

[Roosie]

This has really good flavor. I would actually kick up the spicing a little , as even I, who is heat-phobic found it a bit bland. The flavors are really good overall, though. I had some trouble with the sauce burning on the bottom of my pan when it thickened, so if I make this again, I think I will try baking it in a covered dish instead of doing it stovetop. Quite tasty and tender meat (even though I didn't simmer it for quite an hour because of the burning). I will make this again, but will play with the spices and method.

 

[Stella Mae]

Very nice and easy recipe to make.

 

[Ranikabani]

This was a great recipe. The meat was so nice and tender. Next time, I think I will chop an tomato and saute it with the onion for a different flavour. Thanks Charisma!