Recipe - Saffron Baked Leg Of Lamb

1 One half kg Leg of lamb
1 teaspoon Saffron strands
450 ml Boling water
300 ml Natural yoghurt
2 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Ground black pepper
6 Cloves garlic, crushed
6 Green chillies, chopped
25 g Butter

Pound the saffron and mix it with the boiling water. Set aside. Trim all
the fat off the leg of lamb. Mix the yoghurt, salt, pepper, garlic and
chillies with a quarter of the saffron. Smear this mixture and the butter
all over the leg of lamb, then wrap it in cooking foil, to enclose all the
juices. Bake in a moderately hot oven (200c, 400F, gas 6) for 1 hour.

Unwrap the foil and pour another quarter of the saffron over the meat.
Continue cooking for a further 15 minutes, again wrapped in foil. Open the
foil and bake for a final 20 minutes. Shortly before serving, pour the
remaining saffron over the meat.

Source: The Best of Indian CookeryZ. Shareef
Posted to EATL Digest 29 Dec 96

From: "Imran C." imranc@ONTHENET.COM.AU

Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:41:20 +1000