Best Lamb And Butter Bean Curry Recipes

LAMB AND BUTTER BEAN CURRY

Steps:

• Drain the soaked butterbeans.
• Into a large pan put the butterbeans and the water, bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Crush to a pulp the ginger and garlic with the salt.
• Mix together the ground coriander, cumin, turmeric and chilli powder with 3 tbsp water to make a paste.
• Heat the oil and fry the onions, chillies and cinnamon sticks for 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and ginger pulp and cook for 2 minutes Add the spice paste and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the meat, increase the heat and fry for 5 minutes Stir often.
• Add the tomato, cardamoms and the cloves, stir in the warm water, bring to the boil, lower the heat, cover with a lid and simmer for 1 hour.
• To the meat add the butterbeans and their cooking water. Bring to the boil, cover the pan and simmer 15 minutes.
• Remove from the heat stir in the lemon juice and serve garnished with the coriander leaves if using.

GREEK BEANS WITH SEARED LAMB

Steps:

• Rub the lamb with ½ tbsp of the oil and 1 garlic clove. Season well and set aside to marinate while you prepare the beans, or for up to 2 hrs if you have time.
• Heat the remaining oil in a pan. Add the onion and remaining garlic, and season. Fry for 8 mins until soft. Add the tomato purée, chopped dill, vinegar, stock and beans, season, and simmer for 15 mins or until most of the liquid has evaporated.
• Meanwhile, heat a frying pan until hot. Sear lamb on all sides, for about 5 mins in total. Rest, covered with foil, for 5 mins, then thickly slice. Serve the lamb with the beans, scattered with feta and the remaining dill leaves.

HOME-STYLE LAMB CURRY

Steps:

• Put ½ the thumb-sized piece of ginger, 2 quartered onions and 4 garlic cloves in a food processor with 300ml water. Blitz to a smooth purée.
• Scrape down the sides with a spoon and blitz again to make it as smooth as you can. Tip into a deep sauté pan, cover with a lid and simmer for 15 mins.
• Remove the lid and cook for 5 mins more, stirring occasionally. By now the liquid should be all gone. If not, cook a little longer.
• Add 2 tbsp rapeseed oil to the pan with the remaining piece of ginger, cut into matchsticks. Turn up the heat and fry, stirring, for 3-5 mins until it starts to colour.
• Stir in 1 cinnamon stick, 1 tbsp ground coriander, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground turmeric and ½ tsp fennel seeds, then add 750g leg of lamb. Stir-fry until the lamb changes colour.
• Tip in 400g can chopped tomatoes with a can of water and 1 deseeded and sliced red or green chilli, season well, cover and leave to simmer for 1 hr.
• Stir in the finely chopped stalks from a small bunch coriander, re-cover and cook for a final 30 mins until the lamb is tender. Add a splash of water if necessary to loosen the consistency as it cooks.
• Stir in the roughly chopped coriander leaves and serve with basmati rice and mango chutney or raita.