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British Indian Restaurant Recipes - Main Dishes => British Indian Restaurant Recipes - Main Dishes => Madras => Topic started by: 976bar on January 08, 2011, 06:39 PM
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Today I bought 1/2 leg of lamb which had been de-boned and butterflied. Previously I had made a lamb madras in my slow cooker which was lovely, but today I wanted to pre cook the lamb only in the slow cooker and then make the madras in a pan.
Pre-cooked Lamb.
Cut the lamb into 2 inch chunks
heat a little oil in a pan and when hot add the lamb and seal the edges. Remove the lamb and set aside.
Then add
1 tsp fresh ginger puree
1 tsp fresh garlic puree
mix that around in the oil (not too hot or it will burn) for around 30 seconds
1 1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp ground cumin
3/4 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp curry powder (I use Rajah Madras hot)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp tomato puree which has 2 tbls water added to it.
let that cook into a thick paste for around 45 seconds then add just a little water to make it pourable.
Put the lamb and the spice mixture into a slow cooker top with water until just covered, then add 2 maggi stock cubes (see photo at bottom)
place the lid then cook on slow for 4-5 hours or until the lamb is soft.
After this process, I tasted the lamb and it just fell apart and the flavour was out of this world. To be honest, I could have just sat there and ate that lamb with the stock straight out of the slow cooker....... :)
However, I went on to make the madras and I use CA's recipe for madras with a few slight changes.
I always use 1 tsp ginger instead of 1/2 as I love ginger in my madras.
1 desert spoon of tomato paste instead of 1 tblsp
1 and 1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp sugar (I don't like sweet curries at all)
2 tsp lemon juice
Fresh Coriander (a large handful. Again I love coriander)
No fresh chillies.
Apart from the changes above I use the same method as CA and I have to say this was the best Lamb Madras I have ever made. The lamb was out of this world :)
(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/dc967bff2478cbdf741dcbda5b7c0fae.JPG) (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#dc967bff2478cbdf741dcbda5b7c0fae.JPG)
(Maggi Stock Cubes)
(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/92f3faa3b31033057818aeae33fd096f.JPG) (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#92f3faa3b31033057818aeae33fd096f.JPG)
(Pre-cooked Lamb)
(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/39afc1e12282f9492cc612def21033de.JPG) (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#39afc1e12282f9492cc612def21033de.JPG)
(The final dish)
(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/21bbf72ff2bfde809e03f4bf3e61fab2.JPG) (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#21bbf72ff2bfde809e03f4bf3e61fab2.JPG)
(plated)
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looks great 976bar, what do you think gave this Madras the edge over your slow cooker version?
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Hi Stephen,
The slow cooker version was lovely, but it induced too much heat from the chilli's after cooking over a long period of time and seemed to have lost it's subtlety and was more of a traditional curry.
The method I used tonight made it a more vibrant curry like you would expect from a BIR. Pre-cooking the lamb this way gave it a wonderful flavour without losing that lamb taste.
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looks very good Bar.
where do you get them stock cubes from? i have never seen them before.
regards
Alan ;D
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Hi 976,
That Madras looks absolutely awesome, it really does. I much prefer lamb in a curry to chicken but because of how difficult it can be to get the lamb right, chicken always seems to get the nod.
I'm gonna have to give this one a try, once I get meself a decent slow cooker.
Many thanks for posting it, along with the photos.
Ray :)
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looks very good Bar.
where do you get them stock cubes from? i have never seen them before.
regards
Alan ;D
Hi Moonster, there's a chinese store in Aldershot that sells just about anything and everything you could ever wish for and I found them in there.
They are a really good stock cube and probably about 1 cm square.
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Hi 976,
That Madras looks absolutely awesome, it really does. I much prefer lamb in a curry to chicken but because of how difficult it can be to get the lamb right, chicken always seems to get the nod.
I'm gonna have to give this one a try, once I get meself a decent slow cooker.
Many thanks for posting it, along with the photos.
Ray :)
Hi Razor, to be honest I wasn't sure about the lamb at first. I tried it after 2 hours and it was a bit tough and I thought to myself what a waste of ?8.50. But then I tried it after 4 hours and it was getting soft, by the 5th hour it was falling apart. I was so relieved.
So, it does need a long long slow cook, don't be afraid to leave it in there, it will end up fantastic :)
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yeah your Madras does look the biz 976 and slow cooked beef and lamb are always mouth watering!
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976bar you have just inspired me to oreder one i have just ordered from amazon!!
?50 down to ?25 6.5L so will be good for my stew as well.
thanks
Alan ;D
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Just to add I also do virtually the same as 976bar using a slow cooker to pre-cook lamb.
5 hours is about right and I use quality leg of lamb chopped into pieces about 1.5 inches.
Some people think this is a waste of a good joint of lamb but I think it tastes great in a curry.
I have tried some of the pre-cooking recipes on cr0 such as the slow simmer method but even after 1.5 hours the lamb stays tough as boots.
I imagine this would work well for beef as well but I don't really make beef curries.
Cheers,
Paul
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976bar you have just inspired me to oreder one i have just ordered from amazon!!
?50 down to ?25 6.5L so will be good for my stew as well.
thanks
Alan ;D
You will not be disappointed. I think I posted my recipe on here for Beef bourgninoune a while back too, that's great for the slow coooker :)
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976bar you have just inspired me to order one i have just ordered from amazon!!
GBP 50 down to GBP 25 6.5L so will be good for my stew as well.
As they can't have dispatched it yet, and if you want to save a few quid, well worth looking on UK Hot Deals where they have slow cookers listed for as little as GBP 10-00, with a 6.2L from Argos (http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4236045.htm?storeId=10001) at GBP 14-99.
** Phil.
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My slow cooker is a real cheapie from Argos - I think it cost about 12 quid but it does the job for what I use it for.
Paul