South African Indian Dish
I have no time to try out new recipes so I am sticking to my old time favorites, at least until we move. Nothing beats the comfort of familiar homecooked food when stress levels are high. So if you need some comfort food why not try this Spicy Lamb Kebab Chutney, a typically South African Indian version of meatballs.
The tomato sauce or chutney for this sauce is made from tomatoes with a few simple spices and can be used as a base for many other dishes too. You will see from the recipe that the kebabs are spicy so you don’t need an overly spiced chutney. Feel free to reduce to the amount of chilli and chilli powder according to your preference.
Spicy Lamb Kebab Chutney is also a great make ahead dish. It freezes well so you can cook a big batch and freeze them for those lazy days or if you need a meal in a hurry.In our home we usually serve this lamb dish with Roti or naan bread, you always have to have that bread to dunk into the tomato chutney.
The lamb kebabs can be shallow fried or cooked in the oven but be sure not to overcook them. It just needs a few minutes of cooking on each side, they need to be tender and succulent.My food processor is one of my most loved gadgets in the kitchen, makes life really easy. I used mine to blend the ingredients for the kebabs, I didn’t make mine into a fine paste. I prefer my onion and herbs a little chunky but you can make yours into a smooth paste, especially if you don’t really like tasting the onion
Please do try my recipe and I would love to hear your comments.
| Servings |
- 500 gram lamb mince
- 1 large onion
- 2 green chillies
- 2 tspn ginger/garlic paste
- 1 tspn Kashmiri chilli powder
- 2 tspn ground cumin
- 1/2 tspn turmeric
- 1 tspn garam masala
- 1 tspn salt
- 2 spring onion finely chopped
- handful mint
- few coriander leaves
- 1 large egg
- juice of half lemon
- 1 large onion finely chopped
- 1 x 400 gram canned tomatoes or 5-6 fresh tomatoes if using fresh tomatoes blanch and remove skin
- 2 green chillies
- 1 tspn crushed garlic
- 2 sprigs curry leaf
- 1 tspn Kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 tspn masala
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp vegetable or light olive oil
- salt
Ingredients Lamb Kebabs
Chutney
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- To make the lamb kebabs add one onion, 2 green chillies, ginger/garlic paste, kashmiri chilli powder, cumin, turmeric, garam masala, salt, mint and coriander leaves to a food processor and process until it resembles a rough paste or smooth if your prefer
- Chop up the spring onion and add to this mixture. Add mince and egg and mix it well
- Divide the mixture into equal sized balls and side aside
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil and fry the lamb kebabs and set aside. Be careful not to overcook them.
- For the Chutney Heat 2 tablespoons oil and add the onion, chilli and curry leaf
- Saute the onion until it's translucent. Add the garlic and saute for another minute
What a delicious looking dish Lorraine!!! Looks amazing. I love lamb but my husband not so much, so i’ll to cook this when he’s out of town for work but i’m definitely saving this for later on. Thank you for sharing:)
Thank you Sonila! Well I hope you get to try it for yourself sometime:-)
Lamb is my favourite in Indian cuisine, and this dish looks delicious. Saved to try it sometime – soon!
Thank you Trish! It is a delicious recipe so please try it. Just a word of caution, do reduce the amount of chilli if you don’t like the heat.
This looks amazing and I can even have it on Keto! I have come to crave spicy foods since giving up sugar! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Tammy! I do hope you get to try it soon.
Hhhhhmmmmm….it’s a plan, Lorraine. I’m trying these next week.
Thank you Edgar! I do hope you enjoy it.
My, but those look delicious! I’m kind of scared to cook with lamb, but I think I might have to try it. How spicy hot is this dish?
Thank you! I would say about a 8/10 in terms of heat Mary. But you can totally reduce the amount of chilli and chilli powder and it will still taste delicious 😋
Looks delicious. Didn’t even know that South African / Indian was a thing.
Thank you Nero!
I am now a vegetarian and man at times I want to try everything. Especially lamb that was my favorite grown up next to the Greek family who literally treated me As a daughter. I’ll have to make this for my son. Thank you looks delicious!!!
Thank you Diana! Lamb was also my favourite but I also stopped eating it for a year now but I still cook it for my kids. Hope you get to cook it for your son soon.