Recipe - Badami Gosht

5 tablespoon Vegetable oil
2 Cinnamon sticks
6 Cloves
1 tablespoon Cardamom seeds
1 lg Onion chopped
2 Garlic cloves ,crushed
1 One half Inch fresh ginger,peeled
and chopped
1 One half pound Lean lamb,cubed
1 One fourth cup Yogurt(plain)
1 teaspoon Saffron threads,soaked in
2 tablespoon Boiling water
One half teaspoon Chilli pwd
One half cup Ground almonds
1 teaspoon Salt
1 One half cup 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 One half 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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