4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
\nA piece of fresh ginger, about 1\/2 inch cube, peeled and chopped
\n1\/2 pound of boneless lamb (from shoulder or leg), with fat removed, and cut into 3\/4 inch cubes
\n2 T vegetable oil (I used olive)
\n1 T white poppy seeds, roasted (3-4 minutes in a pan, stirring constantly) and ground (She specifies in the book that one should not substitute other poppy seeds, and I found them fairly easily for not arm and leg prices.\u00a0 For the grinding I used my kitchen mortar and pestle, which worked quite well.)
\n1\/2 tsp ground coriander (I’ve never actually seen it ground, so I used the m&p for this to, slightly more dangerous)
\n1\/2 tsp ground cumin
\n1\/4 tsp ground tumeric (I misread this and used half, which worked)
\n1\/2 tsp salt (if the broth is unsalted)
\n1\/8 tsp cayenne
\n1\/8 tsp fresh ground black pepper
\n2 T chickpea flour
\n2 c chicken broth
\n1 T lemon juice
\n2-3 T cooked rice, or 1-1 1\/2 T uncooked rice)<\/p>\n
Put the garlic and ginger into the container of an electric blender with 3 T of water.\u00a0 Blend at high speed until you have a smooth paste.\u00a0 Set aside.
\nPat dry the pieces of lamb.\u00a0 Heat the oil in a 2-3 quart pot over medium high flame, and add the meat.\u00a0 Turn, and fry until the pieces are lightly browned on all sides.\u00a0 Remove, and set aside.\u00a0 turn the heat off.
\nTo the same pot, add the paste from the blender, the poppy seeds, the turmeric, cumin, and coriandor.\u00a0 Turn the heat to medum, and fry, stirring constantly, for about a minute.\u00a0 Turn the heat to low.
\nNow add the browned meat and any accumulated juices, the salt, the cayenne, and the pepper. Stir and leave on low flame.
\nCombine chickpea flour and 1\/4 c water in a bowl, mixing thoroughly until you have a smooth paste.\u00a0 Slowly add the chicken brother, stirring as you do so.\u00a0 Pour this mixture over the meat in the pot.\u00a0 Turn heat to high and bring soup to a boil.\u00a0 Add uncooked rice if you are using it.\u00a0 cover, lower heat, and simmer gently for a half an hour or until the meat is tender and rice is coked.\u00a0\u00a0 Stir in the lemon juice.
\nIf you are using cooked rice, add to soup 5 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n
Recipe claims to serve 4.\u00a0 If this is all for the meal, it mostly feeds 2 ravenous male persons and a walnut-stomached me, quite nicely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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