NAHARI GOSHT - Mike's Mother Of All Curries

Dear All,

I am giving you, if I may, the mother of all curries. I have refrained from socking it to you for fear that Amir Gan - the Hong Kong Film Star – may get bent out of shape with me. If you MCPs can do it for your OCPDs, you will activate a new love affair. Jetey and Rohani know how to do it with alacrity and passion. So I think they are laughing at my naivety.



INGREDIENTS

Lamb with bone (any cut) 1 kg

Daun curry 2 stalks

Black pepper 20

Cinnoman sticks 4

Cloves 10

Garlic Paste 1 tsp

Ginger paste 1 tsp

Gram flour ¾ tsp

Green Cardamoms 10

Green Coriander, chopped 3 tsp

Lemon Juice 2 tsp

Mace 2/3 tsp

Mustard Oil ½ cup

Onions, chopped 11/2 cup

Onions sliced 11/4 cup

Red chilies 8

Saffron 1 gm

Turmeric Powder 2 tsp

Essence of Daun Pandan 1 tbs

Yoghurt, whisked 1 cup

Salt to taste.

STEPS

1. Clean and cut lamb into small pieces with bone.

2. Heat ½ cup oil in wok; add the sliced onions and sauté over medium heat until golden brown.

3. Add the lamb, chopped onions, green cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, black pepper and curry leaves and cook until the liquid evaporates.

4. Add coriander powder, red chilies, turmeric, ginger and garlic pastes and salt and cook until the oil separate from the mixture.

5. Add the yoghurt, bring to a boil, reduce to medium heat and cook for 10 minutes.

6. Add a liter of water and bring to boil again. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until lamb is tender.

7. Remove the meat from the gravy and keep aside.

8. Heat three tbs of oil in a pan, add the flour and gram flour and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until light brown. Add the gravy and stir.

9. Pass the thickened gravy through a soup strainer, return to fire and bring to boil.

10. Add the lamb, garam masala, fennel powder, lemon juice, pewangi daun pandan, saffron and the mace, and stir.

If you like it, Tigers, I’ll give the special recipe that I acquired as a Ranger Paratrooper in East Malaysia. The exotic UMAI. When your OCPDs are having” Coffee Parties” do you ever see any coffee? I have never seen any ever. They drink expensive wines. The UMAI makes them supremely happy. But, you have to do it for them. It is my happiness to give it to you if you think you need it.