Lamb Or Beef With Whole Spices And Onions

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs lamb or 2 lbs beef stew meat
• 4 onions
• 1 1/2 inches fresh ginger
• 9 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 10 whole green cardamom pods
• 4 whole large black cardamom pods (if available)
• 6 -7 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1 -4 whole dried hot red chili pepper (optional)
• 5 black peppercorns
• salt

Recipe

• 1 cut meat into 1-1.5 inch cubes and pat dry. slice onions into thin slices. peel and grate ginger.
• 2 heat oil in large pot. saute onions, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes. remove onions and set aside.
• 3 add the cardomoms, bay leaves, cumin, red peppers, peppercorns, and ginger to the pot. stir for 1 minute until bay leaves darken and ginger is sizzling.
• 4 add the meat and 1 t salt. cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes until the liquid comes to a full boil. cover, lower heat, and simmer for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the meat is tender.
• 5 add onions and cook, uncovered, over medium heat for another 3-5 minutes.