Indian Lamb and Spinach Curry.
This Indian Lamb and Spinach Curry was one of the first dishes I tried in my slow cooker. A slow cooker was all new to me. If you wanted simmer food you had to stay home to make sure it didn't burn. But with a slow cooker it was possible to start the dinner in the morning, run errands or go to work, and have the simmer food ready by the time for dinner. Why have I never seen a device like this in Denmark - I don't get it.
This curry is nice and spicy. If you don't care for spicy food use less cayenne pepper. The recipe is from Oprah.
Serves 6-8.
Ingredients:
1/3 cup canola oil
3 yellow onions , chopped
4 cloves garlic , peeled and minced
1 (2-inch) piece of ginger, peeled and grated
2 tsp. ground cumin
1 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 1/2 tsp. ground turmeric
2 cups beef broth, preferably high quality
3 pounds boneless leg of lamb , cut into 1-inch cubes
Salt
6 cups baby spinach
2 cups plain full-fat yogurt
Direction:
The ingredients.
In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, warm oil. Add onions and garlic, and sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Stir in ginger, cumin, cayenne, and turmeric and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Pour in broth, raise heat to high, and deglaze the pan, stirring to scrape up the browned bits on the bottom. When broth comes to a boil, remove pan from heat.
Put lamb in a slow cooker, and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon salt. Add contents of frying pan. Cover and cook on high-heat setting for 4 hours or low-heat setting for 8 hours.
Add baby spinach to pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until spinach is wilted, about 5 minutes. Just before serving, stir in 1 1/3 cups yogurt. Season to taste with salt. Spoon into shallow bowls and serve, passing remaining yogurt to add as a garnish.
Serve with rice or quinoa and a chutney.