Aromatic Lamb Curry

Name: Aromatic Lamb Curry
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 tsp dried chilli flakes; 2.5cm piece of ginger, grated; 1 tsp black peppercorns; 2 tsp cumin seeds; a pinch of salt; seeds from 5 cardamom pods; 6 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 red onion, chopped; 2 tbsp coriander stems and leaves, chopped, plus a large handful of leaves, to serve; 1 lemongrass stalk, white part only, roughly chopped; 4 lamb shanks (about 1.4kg); 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 preserved lemons, sliced; 1 tbsp lime juice; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 400 g new potatoes, halved; 400 ml water; 1 tbsp caster sugar; sourdough, to serve; 2 tbsp roasted peanuts, chopped; 400 ml tin coconut milk

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

When I’m making this curry at home, the whole house smells delicious. Using lamb shanks makes it look so pretty and gives it dinner party status.

Ingredients

3 tsp dried chilli flakes
2.5cm piece of ginger, grated
2

Main course
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/320°F/Gas Mark 3.

Combine the chilli flakes, ginger, cumin seeds, black peppercorns, cardamom and salt with the onion, garlic, lemongrass, coriander and 1 tbsp of the olive oil in a blender and blend as finely as possible.

Brown the lamb shanks