It makes its own side dish and is a tasty, quick, and simple method to cook your pork chops.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup oil
- 2 pounds lamb chops
- 3 pods green cardamom
- 1 pod black cardamom
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 6 large onions, thinly sliced
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
- 2 teaspoons red chile powder
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- salt to taste
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 3 green chile peppers, halved and seeded
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro, or to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Brown lamb chops on all sides, about 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- Stir in green cardamom, black cardamom, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, and cumin seeds until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add onions, garlic, and ginger; cook until onion is golden brown, about 10 minutes. Mix in chile powder, turmeric, and salt; stir-fry for 1 minute. Add browned lamb, water, tomatoes, and chile peppers. Simmer over low heat until lamb is tender and all water has evaporated and onions have disintegrated into a thick gravy, about 40 minutes. Serve garnished with cilantro.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 452 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Cholesterol | 90 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 26 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 115 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 30 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Another great lamb recipe! It’s different than any I’ve used and a nice variation. I couldn’t find any black cardamom so I used 4 green pods. I wasn’t sure whether to add them whole and green or toast them and use just the seeds… since the recipe didn’t specify, I used them whole and did not toast them. I also omitted the cilantro because my husband hates it. I expected this to be quite spicy, but it was only mildly spicy. Very tasty though, and everyone (4 adults and a toddler) liked it very much!
As good as it gets. You can see in my posted picture, it looks as good as it tastes! Happy cooking everyone!