Lamb Curry & Polaw Rice

When people ask me what is my favorite dish of ALL times, I can’t help but say Lamb curry but having said that I am very fussy about the lamb curry I like. This is the one that I was used to having since childhood and never got bored of it, rather appreciated even more when I grew up. I have obviously made my own twists and turns in this but this is one dish that always has been a hit whenever I have made it for anyone!

Ingredients:

Lamb Curry:

1/2 kilograms chopped lamb
1 Tbs Yogurt
2 Onions finely chopped
1 Tbs Garlic and Ginger paste
3 Chopped Tomatoes
1 Tbs Turmeric powder
1Tbs Red Chilly Powder
1 Tbs Garam Masala Powder
2 Bay leaves
3 diced potatoes
2 Tbs Mustard oil/ regular cooking oil
Salt according to your taste buds

Lets start cooking..

Marinate lamb with yogurt, salt, ginger and garlic paste, turmeric and red chillies for 1 hour
Fry the potatoes in the oil and then keep it aside
Use the same oil to fry the oinion, remaining ginger and garlic
Add the tomatoes
Add turmeric, chilly and garam masala powder
Add the lamb and then cook it for 10 mins
Finally add the fried potatoes and let it cook on low heat for 1 hour
Keep stirring it every now and again
Test if the lamb is soft and the potatoes are boiled

Your lamb curry is ready to be served with boiled rice or Polaw Rice.

Polaw Rice:

2 Cups Basmati rice

2 Tbs Ghee (Indian butter)

Few stands of saffron1/2 cup sugar

2 Bay leaves

3 Cardamom and 1 Cinamon stick

10 broken cashews

Heat the ghee in a deep pan
Add the bay leaves, saffron, cardamom, cinamon and cashews
Add the rice, fry till golden
Add 4 cups of water
Rice will be ready in 20 mins

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Cheers

Shrim