Badami Gosht

Title:
Badami Gosht

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Indian




Ingredients:





     5 tb Vegetable oil


     2    Cinnamon sticks


     6    Cloves


     1 tb Cardamom seeds


     1 lg Onion chopped


     2    Garlic cloves ,crushed


 1 1/2    Inch fresh ginger,peeled


          -and chopped


 1 1/2 lb Lean lamb,cubed


 1 1/4 c  Yogurt(plain)


     1 ts Saffron threads,soaked in


     2 tb Boiling water


   1/2 ts Chilli pwd


   1/2 c  Ground almonds


     1 ts Salt


 1 1/2 c  Coconut milk


     2    Dried red chillis






 Heat oil in a saucepan.When hot ,add cinnamon ,cloves and cardamom and fry


 for 1 minute.Add onion and fry.stirring occasionally,until it is soft.Add


 the garlic and ginger and fry for 3 minutes,stirring frequently.Add the


 lamb cubes and fry until they are evenly browned. Beat the yogurt ,saffron


 mixture and chilli paste together,then stir mixture into lamb cubes.Cook


 for 1 minute. Beat the almonds with enough water to form a thick paste,then


 stir the paste into the lamb cubes ,with the salt.Simmer for 15


 minutes.Stir in coconut milk and chillis and reduce the heat to low.Simmer


 for 1 hour,or until the lamb is cooked through and tender.Uncover the pan


 for rhe last 10 minutes of cooking. Transfer to a warmed dish and serve at


 once. (serves 4 ) Preparation time 1 1/2 hours


 


 Posted to rec.food.recipes by heman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Hem Ramachandran)


 


 This recipe is from Foods orient ,INDIA.


 


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