Lamb & Bean Curry

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb small beans, sorted & washed
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup dry sherry (not cooking sherry)
• 2 medium red onions, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 red bell pepper
• 1/2 green bell pepper
• 1 large granny smith apple, cored,chopped
• 2 tablespoons madras curry powder (i buy mine whole & grind it just before use.)
• 2 lbs lean boneless lamb, trimmed of fat,cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 teaspoon finely ground cumin seed
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric

Recipe

• 1 combine all except the meat in a crock pot.
• 2 mix well.
• 3 stir in the lamb.
• 4 cover, cook on high for 1 hour.
• 5 reduce heat to low, stir.
• 6 cover, cook for 6-7 hours,'til beans are just tender. always simmer curries slowly for a long time to bring out the full flavor of all the ingredients.
• 7 serve on a bed of basmati rice cooked in chicken stock with a green cardamom pod.
• 8 serve the traditional"side boys", chutney, chopped peanuts, chopped green onions (whites& light green), raisins, grated coconut, dried currents, chopped dried apricots, chopped dried mango, chopped dried papaya, the list is almost endless.