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Lamb Ambala

A takeaway-style lamb ambala with that authentic BIR flavour. Uses a pre-made base sauce for speed without sacrificing taste.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
11
Ingredients
7
Steps
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Requires G2Quick & clever — surprisingly authentic

G2 Quick Base Sauce

1200 ml (4 portions) · 10 minutes · Easy

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Key ingredients

½ of a 415 gm tin french onion soup (200 ml) · 1 tin (400 gm) tomato soup · 1 tbspn oil · ½ tspn salt · 1½ tspn garlic granules · 1½ tspn ground coriander · +2 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 tbspn oil
  • 50 gm onion (prepared weight)
  • 2 tspn g2 tikka spice mix
  • 30 gm green pepper (prepared weight)
  • ½ tspn chilli powder
  • 4 tbspn (60 ml) passata (see note 2)
  • ½ tspn dried mint
  • 1 portion g2 pre-cooked lamb
  • 2 tspn tomato purée
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)

Method

  1. 1

    Cut the onion into thin strips.

  2. 2

    Deseed and thinly slice or, if preferred, chop the green pepper.

  3. 3

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry the c41 tikka spice mix, chilli powder and mint, stirring constantly, for ½ min , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  4. 4

    Stir in the tomato purée and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.

  5. 5

    Add the onion, green pepper, passata and 80 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.

  6. 6

    Add the c41 pre-cooked lamb, 80 ml of c46 base sauce and salt and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  7. 7

    Serve with rice and garnish with a little freshly chopped coriander.

My Notes

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