Friday, July 30, 2010

Lamb stew - my style

This stew will be good enough to feed a family of four.   

Ingredients
  • 2 lbs of lamb mix (not boneless just chopped up lamb meat)
  • 1.5 lbs of long carrots (cut into small cubes)
  • 4 idaho potatoes (cut into small-medium cubes)
  • 4 tbsp of dry Thyme (preferably crushed)
  • 2 red onions (finely chopped)
  • 3 tbsp of crushed garlic
  • 2 tbsp of crushed ginger
  • 2 tbsp of black pepper
  • 3 tbsp of crushed cayenne pepper
  • 2 tbsp of turmeric (powder)
  • 4 tbsp of tomato ketchup
  • salt to taste
How To Cook?
  1. First thing first. Clean the lamb meat well under flowing water. 
  2. Put the lamb meat in a stew sauce pan and add cold water till the water level is 5 fingers above the level of the lamb. Add thyme. 
  3. Add the turmeric, salt and cayenne pepper
  4. Heat the mixture till it starts boiling.
  5. In a separate bowl, boil cubed carrots and potatoes with just enough water.
  6. By the time, the meat starts to boil, add the vegetables in to the meat and continue boiling at low heat.
  7. Add onion, ginger, garlic and black pepper to the boiling mixture and continue cooking.
  8. Add the tomato ketchup.
  9. Add appropriate amount of salt to taste.
  10. Cook till the meat is well boiled (about 45 minutes)
How To Serve?

Serve with rice or bread. Enjoy!