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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: jane@un.seqeb.gov.au (Lady Jane)
- Subject: COLLECTION: Curry
- Message-ID: <CKBCM5.5yx@un.seqeb.gov.au>
- Organization: Home
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 00:13:16 GMT
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- **Pumpkin Fugadh**
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- mild sweet curry ideal as compliment to a really hot curry
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- 1/2kg diced butternut pumpkin
- 1 finely chopped onion
- 1 finely chopped tomato
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 4 tblsp oil
- 400ml coconut cream
- 200ml water
- salt to taste
- coriander leaves for garnish
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- Heat oil and cook mustard seeds until they burst
- Add chopped onion and fry until tender
- Add chopped tomato and tumeric, cook briefly (approx 2 mins)
- Put in the diced pumpkin, salt and water.
- Stir well to coat the pumpkin
- Add coconut cream.
- Cover and cook until pumpkin is soft - this depends on how small/large you
- dice
- Garnish with chopped coriander
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- **Palak Gosht**
- (Lamb and Spinach)
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- 2 tblsp oil or ghee
- 2 medium onions, sliced thinly
- 6 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2" piece fresh ginger, finely chopped
- 1.5 tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp ground fenugreek
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp hot paprika
- 1 kg lean diced lamb
- 2 x 400ml coconut cream
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 2 curry leaves (optional)
- 1 pkt frozen Finessa chopped spinach
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- Heat oil in heavy pan.
- Add onions and fry until golden brown
- Add garlic, ginger and all spices except salt
- Fry for 5 minutes until fragrant. If mixture is too dry add a little water.
- Stir regularly to prevent burning
- Add lamb and toss through to coat with onion/spices. Fry further 10 minutes,
- stirring to prevent burning/sticking
- Add thawed spinach and mix thoroughly.
- Add coconut cream and salt. Stir well.
- Add curry leaves, bring to a rapid boil
- Reduce heat and allow to simmer for at least _1.5_ hours covered.
- Remove lid and simmer till sauce reduces, usually 15-30 minutes.
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- This is an exceptionally hot curry, if you prefer a milder curry reduce by
- half the following
- ingredients: chilli powder and hot paprika.
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- This recipe also lends itself to substituting chicken for the lamb.
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- **Alu Gosht Kari**
- (Meat and Potato curry)
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- 1.5kg beef skirt steak
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 tsp black mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 6 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tblsp ginger, finely chopped
- 3 medium onions, finely sliced
- 1.5 tsp turmeric
- 2 tblsp coriander
- 1 tblsp cumin
- 2 tsp chilli powder
- 3 tsp salt
- 2 tblsp vinegar
- 2 tsp garam masala
- 2 tblsp extra vinegar
- 750g cubed potatoes
- 2 tbls fresh coriander
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- Cut steak into cubes.
- Heat oil and fry mustard seeds till they burst.
- Add fenugreek, garlic, ginger and onion. Fry until onions are golden.
- Add turmeric and fry 1 minute.
- Add coriander, cumin and chilli. Stir well.
- Add salt and vinegar, and fry until liquid evaporates.
- Sprinkle in the garam masala and mix well.
- Add meat and turn till coated.
- Add extra vinegar if spices start to stick.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1.5-2 hours.
- Add cubed potatoes and cover. Cook for further 20-30 minutes
- or until potatoes are cooked.
- Garnish with fresh coriander.
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- **Zeera Murg**
- (Cumin Chicken)
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- 1.5 -2 kg Chicken thigh cutlets or breasts, whole or in fine strips
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cayenne
- 2-3 oz flour
- 3-6 oz butter
- 2 onions, finely sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2.5 inch piece root ginger, finely chopped
- 2-4 tsp cumin seeds
- 500ml yoghurt*
- 150ml fresh cream* (or equal quantity of sour light cream)
- 1 can coconut cream (if mixture seems too dry through prolonged cooking)
- thinly pared rind of 1 lemon, in 1 piece
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- Place chicken on a large plate and rub over with lemon juice.
- Set aside for at least 20 minutes, then pat fry with kitchen paper.
- Mix salt, cayenne and flour on a plate and dredge chicken pieces, shaking
- off excess.
- Melt butter in pan, add the chicken and fry until browned.
- Add onions, garlic, ginger and cumin seeds and fry until golden brown.
- Stir in yoghurt, cream and lemon rind.
- Return chicken to mixture and mix until all chicken is well coated.
- Bring to the boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 1 hour or until
- chicken is cooked.
- Uncover the pan for the last 20 minutes, to allow sauce to reduce.
- Discard lemon rind (if you can find it) before serving.
- I found that the mixture was too dry for the quantity of chicken, so I used
- additional yoghurt/sour cream and the coconut cream to get the consistancy
- I liked.
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