Lamb curry with red rice and raita
Lamb red pepper and spinach curry
Prep time 10-15 mins
Cook for 5 hours in slow cooker
Serves 4
Ingredients for curry:
600g cubed lamb
2 onions
Red pepper
Half a bag of spinach
2 cartons or large bottle of chopped tomatoes
Juice of half a lemon
6 cloves of garlic
Thumb of fresh ginger
2 tsp garam masala
1 tsp cinamon
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp cumin
3 crushed cloves
4 crushed cardamon pods
Three quarters tsp of chilli flakes (medium heat)
1-2 tablespoons of ghee or coconut oil
1 tbsp raw honey
Around 480g red rice soaked over night.
Handful of fresh coriander
Salt and pepper to taste
Raita:
100g plain yogurt
Few tbsp fresh mint
Third of a cucumber
Method:
Crush the cloves and cardamon pods with pestle and mortar and remove cardamon shells. Put the rest of spices in and combine them. Heat up ghee on a medium heat and add the spices and sliced onion, cook for a couple of minutes then add the cubed lamb, ginger and garlic, cook for a few minutes until lamb is brown, then add the lemon juice, tomatoes and season. Transfer to slow cooker and cook on low for four and a half hours. Add the honey, spinach and cubed pepper and leave in slow cooker for remaining half hour. In the meantime cook your red rice 30 -35 mins (red or black rice has a higher antioxidant value than brown or white rice). Make your raita with the yogurt, cubed cucumber and torn up mint. Add the fresh coriander to curry when serving.
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