Serves 1.
INGREDIENTS:
• 200g lamb chops
• 60g cherry tomatoes, halved and sprinkled with a pinch each of sugar and salt
• 1 red chilli, deseeded
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 1 tbsp coriander
• 1 tbsp natural yoghurt
• 1 finger fresh ginger
• 60g Thai rice
• Pinch garam massala
• 1 clove garlic
For the spice blend:
• 2 tsp each of garam massala, turmeric, black pepper, mustard seeds, cardamom seeds
• And a pinch of sea salt
METHOD:
• Grind the spices for the spice blend in a pestle and mortar.
• Blitz together the coriander, onion, garlic, ginger, chilli and spices to form a paste.
• Remove the lamb meat from the bones. Boil the bones in 250ml water to make a basic stock.
• Cook the rice in boiling water with a tsp of turmeric added for 8 minutes.
• Brown the meat in a heavy pan with the tomatoes for 5 minutes. Add the paste to the lamb and continue to cook for a further 4 minutes. After a minute, add a little of the stock to the curry.
• Drain the rice and put on plate.
• Stir the yoghurt into the lamb curry and serve with the turmeric rice.
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