Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lentil lamb shank. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lamb shanks contain only a bit of fat, just enough to work with the wine to season and moisten the lentils, making them rich and savory. The lentils in this dish are simmered with clove—a traditional French flavoring for legumes. In this dish, Chicago chef Bruce Sherman marinates and braises lamb shanks in a spice-based marinade. Its fun putting your creative processes together especially at a time when ingredients and resources are few.
Lentil lamb shank is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Lentil lamb shank is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have lentil lamb shank using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lentil lamb shank:
- Prepare 2 lamb shanks
- Take 100 gm roughly cut chorizo sausage
- Take 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- Prepare 1 medium onion, sliced
- Take 2 grated tomatoes
- Take 1 tsp whole cumin
- Take 1 tsp whole mustard seeds
- Take 10 cloves
- Get 1/2 tsp lightly crushed black peppercorns
- Take 1 stick cinnamon
- Make ready 2 bay leaves
- Make ready 1 cup yellow lentils (split peas)
- Take 2 carrots sliced fresh
- Take 200 ml coconut milk
- Get 3/4 cup water
- Take 1 tsp coriander powder
- Get 1 tsp cumin powder
- Take 2 tsp chilli powder
- Take 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 3 tsp ginger and garlic paste
- Take 1 red and 1 green chilli crushed
- Make ready to taste Salt
Season lamb shanks well then brown on all sides. Lower heat and add onions, garlic and carrots, and cook Drain and rinse lentils then add them to the saucepan with the bay leaf. Lightly coat lamb shanks with flour. Top with a lamb shank and sprinkle with parsley, if using, to serve.
Steps to make Lentil lamb shank:
- Set pressure cooker to braise and add in the oil and heat. Then brown the lamb shank and add the chorizo sausage.
- Once browned, add in the onions, cumin, mustard seeds, cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon stick, ginger and garlic paste, crushed chillies, bay leaves and stir to lightly fry.
- Once onion becomes translucent, add in the grated tomato, chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin, coriander powder and salt to taste. Stir and add in the water. Close pressure cooker and change setting to tendon which will cook for 30 minutes.
- Once stopped, release pressure and open cooker then add in the washed lentils, carrots and coconut milk. Submerge in liquid and cook for a further 30 minutes on the same setting.
- Once it stops, lentils should be soft and meat very tender. If not allow to cook for a further 15 to 30 minutes ensuring that there is sufficient liquid in the pot. Note to not add too much liquid.
- Once ready, serve on a bed of mash, cous cous or rice as per preference. Note I served on a bed of coconut rice with a side of salad and a squeeze of lemon over the shank. Enjoy!
Lightly coat lamb shanks with flour. Top with a lamb shank and sprinkle with parsley, if using, to serve. Lamb shank was a forgotten cut until celebrity chefs and trendy restaurants brought it back from oblivion. As a result, what was once a very inexpensive cut of meat is now rather less so. I like lentils and I love the spicy red lentil soup recipe Nancy Leson recently sent me.
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