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Minced Lamb with Potatoes

A homely minced lamb and potato recipe from Madhur Jaffrey. Keep it simple with this easy minced lamb curry, cooked gently on a low heat for 30 minutes.

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Madhur Jaffrey

Introduction

Our family eats this so frequently, along with a moong dal, rice, a yoghurt relish and pickles, that we consider it to be our ‘soul food’ meal. Nothing fancy here, only the homey.

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Ingredients

3 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil
2 x 7.5cm cinnamon sticks
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
1 tsp peeled and finely grated fresh ginger
3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
900 g minced lamb
3 tbsp natural yoghurt
3 tbsp tomato passata
1 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground coriander
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
¼ tsp ground turmeric
salt
285 g potatoes, peeled and cut into 2cm cubes

Method

Put the oil in a large frying pan or saute pan and set over a medium–high heat. When hot, put in the cinnamon sticks. Let them sizzle for 5 seconds. Put in the onion. Stir and fry until it browns at the edges. Add the ginger and garlic. Stir for 1 minute. Add the lamb. Stir and fry, breaking up the lumps until the meat loses its redness. Add the yoghurt, tomato passata, cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper and turmeric. Stir for 1 minute. Add the salt, potatoes and 475 ml/16 fl oz water. Stir and bring to the boil. Cover, lower the heat and cook gently for 30 minutes.

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2 Comments

    default user avatar Samantha Rank

    A wonderful winter warmer! incredibly easy (I didn’t worry too much about exact measurements) and very tasty indeed. This is definitely a new family favourite.

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    default user avatar Selin Thomas

    Amazing!! Just follow it to the letter and you can’t go wrong. I have also used a whole 500ml carton of passata (so as not to waste it) and had to substitute more cumin, garam masala and a bit of oregano because I ran out of coriander (googled substitutes) and it still tastes fantastic. The whole thing just works and you can’t really go wrong. Whole family’s eyes light up when they know this is for dinner. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!

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