Lamb Madras

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs country-style lamb ribs, cut into large chunks
• 2 teaspoons chili powder, not ground red pepper
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 2 teaspoons turmeric
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 1 pinch salt and pepper
• 1 1/4 cups coconut milk
• 2 onions, chopped finely
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups beef stock or 1 1/4 cups bouillon
• 3 tablespoons butter, oil or 3 tablespoons ghee
• 3 small red potatoes, cut into large bite sized pieces (optional)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 mix together all the spices and add a few spoonfuls of coconut milk, enough to make a thin paste. add enough cayenne to make it fairly hot; enough to give spicy heat to all the meat and onions.
• 2 heat the oil or butter, etc. and cook the onions and garlic until lightly browned.
• 3 add the paste and continue frying for a couple minutes.
• 4 add the meat and stir to cover with the paste and brown a bit. add the beef broth, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer gently until the meat is very tender - at least 2 hours.
• 5 add the optional potatoes when the meat is tender and continue cooking until the potatoes are done.
• 6 stir in the remaining coconut milk and the lemon juice and continue simmering for 10 minutes until thickened a bit.
• 7 serve over any type of indian style boiled rice.