Fiji Curry

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 -5 lbs beef or 4 -5 lbs lamb or 4 -5 lbs lamb or 4 -5 lbs chicken meat, cut into cubes
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 6 -12 garlic cloves, mashed together with salt (or substitute a chicken or beef bouillon cube)
• 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• 1 teaspoon coriander
• 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 2 teaspoons turmeric powder
• 3 small hot red chili peppers (or cayenne pepper, to taste)
• 1 -2 tablespoon curry powder
• 1 cup fresh coriander or 1 cup cilantro, chopped
• 2 -4 potatoes, diced
• 2 carrots, diced (or a seasonal vegetable like eggplant)
• 1/3 cup yogurt

Recipe

• 1 mash the garlic and salt in a bowl. add just a bit of water to make a paste.
• 2 add the cumin seed, fenugreek seed, coriander seed, black mustard seed, curry powder and turmeric powder plus red chili to taste and pound to a smooth paste.
• 3 use a blender to make the garlic and spice mix. add just enough water to blend. i use a bouillon cube instead of salt.
• 4 add a handful of chopped fresh coriander leaves and cook in a heavy pot over medium heat until thick.
• 5 add the meat to the sauce. stir to coat the meat and partially cover, stirring occasionally. you may add 2 teaspoons sugar (8 g) and 1 teaspoon salt (4 g) about half-way through to "make it tender".
• 6 when the vegetables are added depends on how long they will take to cook. add the diced potatoes, diced carrots, 1/2 chopped large onion, some fresh coriander and finish cooking.
• 7 the meat shrinks a lot cooked this way, but the flavor is intensified and the sauce stays thick. it should coat the meat almost like a glaze. cook on lower heat if you like, but the result will be more of a broth.
• 8 at the end, add some more chopped onion and stir in the yogurt plus more fresh coriander to garnish.
• 9 serve with chutney, rice and tortillas or chapatis if available. the proper way to eat this is to tear off a piece of tortilla or chapti and scoop some curry up with it. it's finger lickin' good!