Recipe: Delicious Indian Lamb Shanks

Indian Lamb Shanks.

You can cook Indian Lamb Shanks using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Indian Lamb Shanks

1. You need 2 of lamb shanks.
2. It's 2 tsp of cinnamon powder.
3. It's 1 tbsp of Ginger paste.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of Garlic paste.
5. It's 1 tsp of ground turmeric powder.
6. You need 1 tsp of chilli powder.
7. It's 2 tsp of ground cumin powder.
8. It's 1 tbsp of ground coriander powder.
9. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of Garam masala powder.
10. You need 2 of cardamom pods (crushed).
11. Prepare 2 of cloves.
12. You need 2 of medium sized onions finely sliced.
13. You need 400 ml of chopped tin tomatoes.
14. Prepare 4 tbsp of plain yogurt.
15. Prepare of Fresh coriander.
16. You need 1 of fresh chilli.
17. It's 1 tbsp of oil.

Indian Lamb Shanks step by step

1. In a hot frying pan, brown the onions with the chilli, Ginger and Garlic paste, then add crushed cardamom pods and cloves. Fry gently for a couple of minutes. Then add all of your powdered ingredients and fry out for another couple of minutes. Add your tinned tomatoes and heat through gently..
2. In the meantime, brown all sides of the lamb shanks to seal in the flavour. Once your curry sauce has gently cooked, allow to cool then add it carefully to a blender. Roughly blend for a few seconds, stir in your plain yogurt. Pour over your Lamb Shanks, gently massaging the sauce into the meat..
3. In a casserole dish or baking tray, cover your lamb loosely with foil and place in a pre heated oven for 3-4 hours at 150c. Once cooked through, rest the lamb for twenty minutes and serve with salad, naan, mint yogurt dip and decorated with fresh coriander leaves..