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Nut-Marinated Leg of Lamb with Onion-Coconut Sauce

A Mughal-style bone-in leg of lamb marinated overnight in yogurt with almonds, cashews and pistachios, roasted to medium-rare and served with a reduced East Indian onion and coconut milk sauce.

  • YieldServes 6
  • Hands-on1 h
  • Total11 h 32 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

lamb

  • 1¼ kgbone-in leg of lamb (1.1 to 1.4 kg), preferably the loin end
  • 60 gplain yogurt
  • 35 gslivered blanched almonds
  • 35 graw cashew nuts
  • 30 graw shelled pistachios
  • 2 tbspginger paste (or finely grated fresh ginger)
  • 1 tbspgarlic paste (or finely grated garlic)
  • 2 tspground Kashmiri chile (or ½ tsp cayenne mixed with 1½ tsp sweet paprika)
  • 1½ tspcoarse kosher or sea salt
  • to tastevegetable oil spray

sauce

  • 2 tbspcanola oil
  • 160 gred onion, finely chopped
  • 2 cloveslarge garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsptomato paste
  • 2 tspEast Indian bottle masala
  • 1 tspcoarse kosher or sea salt
  • 400 mlunsweetened coconut milk (1 can)
  • 2 tbspfresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, finely chopped

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Almond
  • Cashew
  • Pistachio
  • Soy
  • Sesame
  • Mustard
  • Legumes (any)
  • Fenugreek
  • Tamarind
  • Poppy seeds
  • Coconut
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove
  • Cardamom
  • Cumin
  • Star anise
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Lamb and mutton
  • Lecithin (any source)
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

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

Texture

  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Blender
  • Probe thermometer

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining
  • Holiday

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Needs advance prep
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

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

Budget

  • Budget: high

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