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Lamb Madras

A classic British Indian Restaurant lamb madras made with a pre-cooked base sauce. Rich, fragrant and ready in under 20 minutes.

20 min
Prep
6 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
10
Ingredients
5
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
  • 2 tbspn oil
  • 1 tbspn tomato purée
  • 1 tspn hot chilli powder
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • ½ tspn g2 spice mix
  • 1 portion of g2 pre-cooked lamb
  • ¼ tspn methi (see note 1)
  • 1 tbspn freshly chopped coriander
  • 300 ml c46 base sauce (see note 2)
  • 1 tbspn lemon juice

Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and cook the chilli powder, g2 spice mix and methi for ½ min, adding c46 base sauce as needed to prevent burning.

  2. 2

    Add the tomato purée, 40 ml of c46 base sauce and salt and cook for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to prevent drying.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    Add the chopped coriander and cook for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  5. 5

    Reduce the heat, stir in the lemon juice and cook for .

My Notes

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