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  • 1 large onion
    roughly chopped
  • 10 garlic cloves
  • 100g ginger
    chopped
  • 100ml vegetable oil
  • 2 scotch bonnet
    chillies, chopped
  • small handful curry leaves
  • 3 thyme
    sprigs
  • 4 tbsp mild curry powder
  • 700g mutton or goat
    shoulder, diced
  • 400g can chopped tomato
  • 300ml lamb or beef stock
  • 410g can pinto, kidney or black-eyed beans
  • juice ½ lemon
  • small bunch coriander
    chopped
  • warmed roti (Jamaican flatbread)
    and rice, to serve

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal574
  • fat31g
  • saturates4g
  • carbs20g
  • sugars8g
  • fibre9g
  • protein48g
  • salt3.5g
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Method

  • step 1

    Place the onion, garlic and ginger in a food processor and blend to a purée. Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole dish, add the onion mixture and cook for 5 mins until softened. Add the chillies, curry leaves, thyme, curry powder and 2 tsp salt. Cook for 2-3 mins until fragrant.

  • step 2

    Tip the mutton or goat into the pan. Cook for 5 mins over a medium-high heat until the meat has browned. Add the chopped tomatoes and stock. Increase the heat, bring to the boil and cook for 10 mins. Reduce heat, cover and leave to simmer gently for 2½ hrs – remove the lid for the final 30 mins of cooking.

  • step 3

    Add the beans to heat through, plus more chilli if you want it spicier. After 5 mins more, remove from the heat. Add the lemon juice and coriander, and stir well. Serve with warmed roti and rice.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2012

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A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.85 ratings

skincoops

Thoroughly enjoyed this one and I am doing it again for tea tonight absolutely went down a treat with my family

cindykimber

Really tasty curry, I only added one chilli and next time I would reduce that to a half as we found it slightly too hot. Still very tasty nonetheless.

dean_bosworth65463

Beautiful curry with a great kick

Gelpolish11@gmail.com

My favourite curry recipe but I always reduce the 100ml oil to 60ml

Jaxit

question

Can you do in a slow cooker? If do, for how long?

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes you can cook this in the slow cooker. We haven't tested it but would estimate about 8 hours on low, although a little extra time won't hurt. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

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