Braised lamb, apricots & dates with a curry yogurt
Total
1 hour
Mouth watering braised lamb, apricots and dates with a curry yogurt recipe. A great meal the whole family will enjoy.
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Ingredients
2 lbs
large diced lamb shoulder
1 tbsp
grape seed oil
1 cup
sliced onion
1 tbsp
fresh ginger, finely chopped
1/4 cup
butter
1
cinnamon stick
1 tsp
curry powder
2 tbsp
Zaatar spice
1/2 tsp
ground cumin
2 cups
large diced tomatoes
1 cup
tomato juice
2 cups
chicken stock
1 cup
dried apricots
1 cup
dried dates
1/2 cup
roughly chopped cilantro
Yogurt
1+1/2 cups
yogurt
1 tbsp
curry powder
1 tbsp
finely chopped mint
Instructions
Lamb
- Heat the grape seed oil in a large pot over medium to high heat.
- Dry the lamb meat with a paper towel and then brown in the pot. Once golden on all sides add in the onions, ginger, butter, cinnamon stick, curry powder and cumin.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir the spices in the butter for at least one minute to cook out the spices.
- Then add in the large diced tomatoes, tomato juice, chicken stock, apricots, dates and zaatar spice. Bring to a simmer, cover and place in a 400 degree preheated oven.
- Allow to cook for at least 30 to 40 minutes. Until the lamb is soft and tender, remove from the oven, season with salt, pepper and the cilantro. Allow to rest for 10 minutes and then serve.
- Simply mix the yogurt with the curry powder and chopped mint, chill before serving.