
Lamb Chops Masala
Lamb Chops Masala requires about 45 minutes from start to finish.
- Servings: 1
- Total cooking time:
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon Cayenne
- Coriander
- 1 teaspoon Ground roasted cumin seeds
- Remove all extra fat
- 1 teaspoon x 2 Punjabi garam masala
- 2 Cloves garlic, peeled and cut in ha
- 3 In piece of fresh ginger
- 6 8 lamb chops from the ribs,
- 3 tablespoons Lemon juice
- 2 mediums Sized onions very finely
- Salt to taste
- Tomatoes
- 12 ounces fl Oz Plain yoghurt beaten
- 8 ounces fl Oz grated or finely chopped
Instructions:
- Here's a tasty Punjabi recipe for lamb chops. My folks originated from this area of the sub-continet and hence this was popular at home.
- Put the ginger and garlic into the container of an electric blender with 2-3 tablespoons of water and blend to a paste.
- Put the chops, tomatoes, onions, cayenne pepper, yoghurt, salt and ginger-garlic paste into a large wok or heavy-bottomed saucepan. Stir and bring to the boil. Turn the heat to low, cover and simmer for 50 minutes or until the chops are almost cooked.
- Add the cumin seeds and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until the meat is tender and the sauce thick.
- Add the garam masala and lemon juice and stir.
- Sprinkle fresh coriander over the top and serve.TIPSIn the Punjab, tomatoes are grated to make a puree - don't be tempted to use ready-prepared tomato puree instead of fresh.The spice combinations in garam masala vary in different parts of India. In the Punjab this one which you can try making yourself is common: 5 tbsps coriander seeds, 3 tbsps cumin seeds, 2 1/2 tbsps black peppercorns, 2 1/2 black cardamom seeds, 2 in cinnamon stick, 4-5 cloves, 1/6 nutmeg.
- Put the coriander and the cumin into a cast-iron frying-pan over a medium heat.Stir until lightly roasted. Allow to cool. Grind with the remaining ingredients in a clean coffee grinder and store in a tightly lidded jar.This rich flavoursome dish originates in the fertile Punjab, a state now divided between India and Pakistan. There is nothing more important to a Punjabi man's diet than bread, and meals are accompanied by flat round cornbread rotis or rich, flaky pan-fried paratha layered with ghee(clarified butter).Rice is reserved for special occasions or for rice pudding, for the only food that makes a Punjabi feel he has eaten a proper meal is his bread! You of course, can serve this dish with plain boiled rice.


