South African Cape Malay lamb

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About this Recipe

Cooking Time

90

Prep Time

10

Cuisine

  • South African

Serves

4- 6 people

cooking style

Stove Top

PROTEIN / DIET

LAMB

This curry is characterized the combination of sweet cinnamon and savoury cardamom spices. I love dishes created from the fusion of different cultures. This curry origins were derived from the many Indonesian immigrants who settled in Cape Malay during the 17th century. The spices are very Indonesian in flavour but the addition by local of fruits and vegetables creates a sweet mild aromatic curry that is reminiscent of African tagine style dishes. It is traditionally served with rice but it is just as good with mashed potatoes. If you are new to curries and particularly wary of anything spicy then this is a great starting place. The ingredient list seems massive but if you use a crock pot it is just so easy to add everything and let the slow cooker do the rest.

Spices used in this recipe

please note Cape malay spice mix is currently not available.
this recipe will also work with other spice mixtures in our range  such as
Thai massaman
Japanese Kari
Curry indian Lamb masala 

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp The Spice People’s South African Cape Malay spice mix
  • 1kg diced lamb
  • 1 cup dried apricots
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp olive oil or ghee
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
  • 1 cup eggplant, diced
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 tbsp apricot jam
  • 1 cup natural yoghurt
  • 1- cup beef stock
  • 6 tbsp The Spice People’s South African Cape Malay spice mix
  • 2 kg diced lamb
  • 2 cups dried apricots
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 4 tbsp olive oil or ghee
  • 4 tbsp tomato paste
  • 4 onions, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsp grated fresh ginger
  • 2 cups eggplant, diced
  • 2 red bell peppers, diced
  • 2 tbsp apricot jam
  • 2 cups natural yogurt
  • 2 cups beef stock
  • 9 tbsp The Spice People’s South African Cape Malay spice mix
  • 3 kg diced lamb
  • 3 cups dried apricots
  • 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 6 tbsp olive oil or ghee
  • 6 tbsp tomato paste
  • 6 onions, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 3 tsp grated fresh ginger
  • 3 cups eggplant, diced
  • 3 red bell peppers, diced
  • 3 tbsp apricot jam
  • 3 cups natural yoghurt
  • 3 cups beef stock

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Method

  1. Heat oil /ghee in a sauce pan or crock pot with a sear function. Add garlic, onion, ginger and sauté for 5 min. Mix vinegar with cap malay spice mix and add to the saucepan with onions.

  2. Add diced or whole lamb, brown well on high heat for 5min. Add beef stock, tomato dried apricots, eggplant, bell peppers, if using a saucepan bring the pot to the boil and then reduce and simmer for 1.5 hours if using a crock pot set the function to slow cook 4 hours.

  3. Add yoghurt and apricot jam 5 min before serving and keep on low heat to prevent the yoghurt curdling. Serve with fluffy rice or mashed potatoes

  4. substitutes:
    red bell pepper and eggplant can be replaced with 2 carrots and 1 banana.
    the recipe will work with chicken, pork or beef

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