Lamb Palau Recipe| Rice/ Pressure Cooker

Ingredients:

1kg lamb

1 onion (finely chopped)

13 cloves of cruahed garlic

1 chilli

4 tablespoons masala powder

2 teapsoons turmeric powder

Salt to taste

3/4 coriander leaves

5 cloves

4 cardamom pods

1/2 cinnamom quilll

1 star annise

7 tablespoons olive oil

10-15 curry leaves

Pinch of cumin seeds

13 cloves of garlic (crushed)

4 cups of water (room temperature)

Methods:

1) Wash 3 cups of basmati rice and add to the rice/pressure cooker and set this aside.

*Masala Lamb

2) In a heated pot, add 4 tablespoons of olive oil. Add pinch of cumin seeds. Once cumin seeds start to splutter, add onions and garlic.

3) Add turmeric (1 teaspoon) and masala powder (2 teaspoons), once garlic and onions turn light brown.

4) Add the lamb (chopped, washed and boiled) and pinch of salt. Stir lamb with rest of the ingredients. Cook lamb in spices for 15 minutes.

NB: Boiling lamb helps to reduce fat.

5) And transfer lamb with washed rice.

*Masala Mixed Vegetables

6) Add 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a heated pot. Add pinch of cumin seeds, cloves, cardamom pods, cinnamom quill and star annise.

7) Add garlic (8 cloves crushed) and onions (1/2 finely chopped) and cook till light brown. Also, add curry leaves.

8) Add 2 tablespoons masala powder and 1 teaspoon turmeric powder. Saute' for few seconds.

9) Add mixed vegetables, pinch of asafoetida and salt to taste.

10) Stir fry vegetables for 2 minutes.

11) Transfer masala mixed vegetables with rice and lamb.

12) Add 4 cups of water and coriander leaves into the rice cooker.

13) Stir all the ingredients and cook for 20 minutes.

14) Give a final stir and serve warm with tomato chutney and salad.

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