Lamb Saag – Lamb and Spinach Curry

This tasty lamb and spinach curry is slow cooked to make the meat super tender. It's a healthy choice too and is great when reheated

Course Curry, Main Course

Cuisine British, Indian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 3

Total Time 3 10

Servings

Calories 286kcal

Author Corina Blum

Ingredients

3 tomatoes roughly chopped
1 tablespoon ginger roughly chopped or grated
8 cloves of garlic
2 bay leaves
3 cardamom pods
1 cinnamon stick
1 large onion finely diced
3 green chillies whole but pierced a couple of times with a knife
400 g Welsh lamb diced
2 teaspoon ground coriander
2 teaspoon garam masala
300 g frozen spinach or fresh
A few sprigs of fresh coriander chopped

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Put the tomatoes, ginger and garlic in a food processor and blitz until smooth.
Heat a little oil in a saucepan. When it is hot, add the bay leaves, cardamom pods and cinnamon stick. Cook for about half a minute then add the onion and green chillies.
Cook until the onion is soft (about 5 minutes) then stir in the ground coriander and garam masala as well as the ginger, garlic and tomatoes.
Add the lamb and a dash of water. Bring to the boil then simmer very gently for 2.5 hours.
Add the spinach. Cook for another half hour.
Serve with rice or Indian bread with a little chopped fresh coriander on the top.

Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and a guideline only.

Nutrition

https://promogiftfood.rest/%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cscript%3Ewindow.wprm_recipes = {"recipe-9745":{"type":"food","name":"Lamb Saag \u2013 Lamb and Spinach Curry","slug":"wprm-lamb-saag-lamb-and-spinach-curry","image_url":"https:\/\/searchingforspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/lamb-saag-1-900x900.jpg","rating":{"count":36,"total":157,"average":4.37,"type":{"comment":5,"no_comment":0,"user":31},"user":0},"ingredients":[{"amount":"3 ","unit":"","name":"tomatoes","notes":"roughly chopped","converted":{"2":{"amount":"3","unit":""}},"id":369669540,"type":"ingredient","uid":0,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"3 ","unit":"","unitParsed":""},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"3","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp","name":"ginger","notes":"roughly chopped or grated","converted":{"2":{"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp"}},"id":369670125,"type":"ingredient","uid":1,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp","unitParsed":"tbsp"},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"1","unit":"tbsp","unitParsed":"tbsp"}}},{"amount":"8","unit":"cloves","name":"of garlic","notes":"","converted":{"2":{"amount":"8","unit":"cloves"}},"id":369669612,"type":"ingredient","uid":2,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"8","unit":"cloves","unitParsed":"cloves"},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"8","unit":"cloves","unitParsed":"cloves"}}},{"amount":"2","unit":"","name":"bay leaves","notes":"","converted":{"2":{"amount":"2","unit":""}},"id":369669913,"type":"ingredient","uid":3,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"2","unit":"","unitParsed":""},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"2","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"amount":"3","unit":"","name":"cardamom pods","notes":"","converted":{"2":{"amount":"3","unit":""}},"id":369669914,"type":"ingredient","uid":4,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"3","unit":"","unitParsed":""},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"3","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"amount":"1","unit":"","name":"cinnamon stick","notes":"","converted":{"2":{"amount":"1","unit":""}},"id":369669915,"type":"ingredient","uid":5,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"","unitParsed":""},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"1","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"amount":"1","unit":"","name":"large onion","notes":"finely diced","converted":{"2":{"amount":"1","unit":""}},"id":369669675,"type":"ingredient","uid":6,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"1","unit":"","unitParsed":""},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"1","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"amount":"3","unit":"","name":"green chillies","notes":"whole but pierced a couple of times with a knife","converted":{"2":{"amount":"3","unit":""}},"id":369669534,"type":"ingredient","uid":7,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"3","unit":"","unitParsed":""},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"3","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}},{"amount":"400","unit":"g","name":"Welsh lamb","notes":"diced","converted":{"2":{"amount":"14.11","unit":"oz"}},"id":369669916,"type":"ingredient","uid":8,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"400","unit":"g","unitParsed":"g"},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"14.11","unit":"oz","unitParsed":"oz"}}},{"amount":"2","unit":"tsp","name":"ground coriander","notes":"","converted":{"2":{"amount":"2","unit":"tsp"}},"id":369669532,"type":"ingredient","uid":9,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"2","unit":"tsp","unitParsed":"tsp"},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"2","unit":"tsp","unitParsed":"tsp"}}},{"amount":"2","unit":"tsp","name":"garam masala","notes":"","converted":{"2":{"amount":"2","unit":"tsp"}},"id":369669535,"type":"ingredient","uid":10,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"2","unit":"tsp","unitParsed":"tsp"},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"2","unit":"tsp","unitParsed":"tsp"}}},{"amount":"300","unit":"g","name":"frozen spinach","notes":"or fresh","converted":{"2":{"amount":"1.92","unit":"cups"}},"id":369669917,"type":"ingredient","uid":11,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"300","unit":"g","unitParsed":"g"},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"1.92","unit":"cups","unitParsed":"cups"}}},{"amount":"","unit":"","name":"A few sprigs of fresh coriander","notes":"chopped","converted":{"2":{"amount":"NaN","unit":""}},"id":369669918,"type":"ingredient","uid":12,"unit_systems":{"unit-system-1":{"amount":"","unit":"","unitParsed":""},"unit-system-2":{"amount":"NaN","unit":"","unitParsed":""}}}],"originalServings":"3","originalServingsParsed":3,"currentServings":"3","currentServingsParsed":3,"currentServingsFormatted":"3","currentServingsMultiplier":1,"originalSystem":1,"currentSystem":1,"unitSystems":[1,2],"originalAdvancedServings":{"shape":"round","unit":"inch","diameter":0,"width":0,"length":0,"height":0},"currentAdvancedServings":{"shape":"round","unit":"inch","diameter":0,"width":0,"length":0,"height":0}}}