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Badam Khus Khus Lamb Chops

Bengali-leaning rib chops: rubbed with garlic, fennel and smoky black cardamom, seared in mustard oil to medium-rare and finished with a toasted almond and white poppy seed sauce.

  • YieldServes 4 as a main, 8 as a starter
  • Hands-on35 min
  • Total1 h 9 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

chops

  • 60 ggarlic paste (or finely grated garlic)
  • 2 tspfennel seeds, ground
  • 1½ tspcoarse kosher or sea salt, divided
  • ½ tspblack cardamom seeds (from the pods), ground
  • 450 grack of lamb, cut into single-rib chops

sauce

  • 70 gslivered blanched almonds, ground to a powder
  • 1 tbspwhite poppy seeds, ground
  • ½ tspcayenne
  • 90 mlmustard oil or canola oil, divided

sauce

  • 160 gred onion, finely chopped
  • 2 tbspfresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, finely chopped
  • ½ tspPunjabi garam masala

Diet

  • Keto
  • Lower sugar

Contains

  • Tree nuts
  • Almond
  • Mustard
  • Legumes (any)
  • Fenugreek
  • Poppy seeds
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Fennel
  • Turmeric
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove
  • Nutmeg
  • Cardamom
  • Cumin
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Lamb and mutton
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Probe thermometer

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: high

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