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Aromatic Lamb Bhuna

Posted on by Manisha’s Kitchen

Lamb Bhuna originates from the Bengal region of India and is a hot thick curry made from fresh spices. I first started making this dish whilst working at a previous job and quickly fell in love with it, tweaking the recipe slightly in order to make it my own.

Aromatic Lamb Bhuna

so here’s what you need to make this aromatic lamb bhuna.

Ingredients for Lamb Bhuna

For the fresh masala:

  • 10 – 15 black peppercorns
  • 8 -12 green cardamom
  • 6 – 10 cloves
  • 4 – 6 tablespoons white poppy seeds
  • 2 small sticks cinnamon
  • 4 -6 tablespoons whole cumin
  • 4 – 6 tablespoons whole coriander seeds
  • half cup dried coconut
  • whole red chilli (amount is optional)

For the curry paste:

  • 5 large onions
  • small bunch of coriander (chopped)
  • 10 cloves of garlic
  • ginger
  • salt to taste
  • 1 – 2 tablespoons red chilli powder
ingredients for aromatic lamb bhuna
  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Serves: 6 – 8
  • Special notes: Both the spice and thickness of the curry can be adjusted to your preference by adding more or less chilli powder and less or more water to the pan when cooking.

Step-by-step recipe

For the fresh masala:

  • First of all, lightly roast the whole spices on a pan.
lightly roast the whole spices
  • Once roasted grind it to a powder and keep it to one side.
Grind the mixture to a powder

For the curry paste:

  • Roast the sliced onion, garlic, ginger and coriander until it starts to brown.
Roast onion,garlic,ginger and coriander.
  • Add the mixture to a blender to make a paste.
  • Add some oil to a large pan and, when hot, pour in the paste. Once the paste turns brown add the whole spices masala powder, salt and chilli powder (to taste) also add some whole red chilli’s . Stir well.
Add the Red chillis and onion, garlic, ginger, coriander paste.
Add fresh whole spices masala powder.
  • After that add Lamb or (mutton) and stir well. After 5 mins add hot water and cook well till the lamb becomes tender. Bhuna curry is supposed to be thick so don’t add to much water.
Add lamb or mutton.
Add hot water.

Serving suggestions: When all is ready place the curry in to the serving dish and garnish with coriander. Serve with rice, naan or chapati and enjoy Aromatic Spicy Lamb Bhuna.

Enjoy your Lamb Bhuna.
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Hello Friends, I am Manisha. Greetings from spices aroma. Ah, what an aroma around, aroma of blooming flowers, freshly mowed lawn, rain on dry mud and in midst of chirping of birds and aroma of spices inside my home wow! Life is full of aromas of all kinds including love, kindness and humanity. When it comes to cooking my heart fills with joy. I cant say when I started cooking and when it became my passion. As for back as I can go in my childhood memory I only remember that aroma which also use to fill my house for days when my mother use to make "Garam Masala" of freshly grinned and roasted spices . It never faded in my memory and therefore I chose this name "Spice Aroma."  Those were the days trying new dishes, spoiling some raw material getting tired not coming up to what I wanted.  All Parents praise their children so mine too. It use to fill me with joy and pride when they praised my dishes and when all this turned in to my passion for cooking I don't remember.  I was nurtured as a vegetarian and planted as a non-vegetarian. Friends I got married at a young age in a total non-vegetarian family and to my surprise I started cooking non-vegetarian dishes as well. Having blessed with two lovely kids and a caring husband I kept my passion intact. Their encouragement kept me going. More I try more I get satisfy.To give my passion a formal shape I learned food and safety by joining a course. I then joined as a chef in Golf club Princes Risborough and worked there for a good 18 months. Friends road up to this point was not easy but as always hard work brings something good in it. I learnt a lot. This work infused many more domain to my cooking, it brought many more qualities to my work like food decoration , table arrangements of the events and cooking for large number of people for the event a total change in out look. I decided then to share all my abilities and love for cooking with you all through this Spice aroma@.....! I will share with you all small and big dishes, Indian and Western style , all trics and tips which I gathered in these many years.  Your likes, your comments, your praises and your criticism, your corrections , your suggestions all will be my assets in this journey. Please be a part in my journey.  With this spice aroma I also want to share beautiful aromas which never fade are of love ,care and kindness.  With best wishes to all of you. Yours  Manisha.

4 thoughts on “Aromatic Lamb Bhuna”

  1. Hi Manisha.
    Your beautifully cooked dishes were a big highlight at Princes Risborough Golf Club. You added a real spice to everything you did!
    If ever you are looking for a challenge, I have a pub with a kitchen that is crying out for some of your fresh curry dishes

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