Lamb and pumpkin curry with spiced coconut
( SERVES 4 )
24/9/2005
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Ingredients
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| 600 g | Lamb steaks |
| 2 | Onions |
| 1 piece | Fresh ginger, 10cm |
| 1 | Red chilli |
| 2 tbsp | Oil |
| 1 tsp | Ground cumin |
| 1 tsp | Cinnamon |
| 1 tsp | Curry powder |
| 1 tsp | Ground tumeric |
| 2 tsp | Brown sugar |
| 2 cups | Vegetable stock |
| 800 g | Pumpkin |
| 1 tsp | Iodised salt |
Spiced coconut
| 1 tbsp | Sesame seeds |
| 1 tbsp | Cumin seeds |
| ½ cup | Desiccated coconut |
Directions
- Cut lamb into 3cm pieces. Peel onions and chop finely. Crush garlic, peel and chop finely.
- Peel ginger and grate. Cut chilli in half, remove seeds and chop chilli finely. Heat oil in a large saucepan.
- Brown lamb pieces in batches. Remove lamb from pan.
- Add onion, garlic, ginger, chilli, cumin, cinnamon, curry powder, turmeric and brown sugar to pan.
- Stir for one to two minutes. Return lamb pieces and add vegetable stock. Bring to the boil.
- Reduce heat to a simmer. Simmer for one hour. Peel pumpkin and remove seeds.
- Cut into 2cm pieces. Add to lamb with salt. Cook, covered, for a further 35 minutes. Serve with Spiced Coconut.
- Spiced coconut: Place sesame and cumin seeds and coconut in a frying pan. Cook, stirring continuously, until coconut is golden.

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