Description
This lamb chop dish has a delicious sweet and savory gravy made of caramelized onions. Goes great with some naan or rice.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup oil
- 2 pounds lamb chops
- 3 pods green cardamom
- 1 pod black cardamom
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 6 large onions, thinly sliced
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
- 2 teaspoons red chile powder
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- salt to taste
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 3 green chile peppers, halved and seeded
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro, or to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Brown lamb chops on all sides
- about 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- Stir in green cardamom
- black cardamom
- bay leaves
- cinnamon stick
- and cumin seeds until fragrant
- about 1 minute. Add onions
- garlic
- and ginger; cook until onion is golden brown
- about 10 minutes. Mix in chile powder
- turmeric
- and salt; stir-fry for 1 minute. Add browned lamb
- water
- tomatoes
- and chile peppers. Simmer over low heat until lamb is tender and all water has evaporated and onions have disintegrated into a thick gravy
- about 40 minutes. Serve garnished with cilantro.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 6