Lamb and pumpkin curry with spiced coconut
600g lean lamb steaks
2 onions
3 cloves garlic
10cm piece fresh ginger
1 red chilli
2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 teaspoons brown sugar
2 cups vegetable stock
800g pumpkin
1 teaspoon iodised salt
Cut lamb into 3cm pieces. Peel onions and chop finely. Crush garlic, peel and chop finely. Peel ginger and grate. Cut chilli in half, remove seeds and chop chilli finely. Heat oil in a large saucepan. Brown lamb pieces in batches. Remove lamb from pan. Add onion, garlic, ginger, chilli, cumin, cinnamon, curry powder, turmeric and brown sugar to pan. Stir for one to two minutes. Return lamb pieces and add vegetable stock. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Simmer for one hour. Peel pumpkin and remove seeds. Cut into 2cm pieces. Add to lamb with salt. Cook, covered, for a further 35 minutes. Serve with Spiced Coconut.
Serves 4
Spiced coconut
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
½ cup desiccated coconut
Place sesame and cumin seeds and coconut in a frying pan. Cook, stirring continuously, until coconut is golden.
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