Name: Lamb Head Meat With Raw Tamarind
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 kg Lamb head meat; 3 nos Onion (large); 2" piece Ginger; 15 nos Garlic pods; 1 tbsp Cumin powder (Jeerakam); 1 tbsp Coriander powder; 1 kg Raw Tamarind (Unripe); 8 nos Cloves (Grambu); 6 nos Cardamom (Elakka); 3" piece Cinnamon (Karugapatta); Salt (As reqd); 150 ml Oil; 2 tbsp Red chilly powder; 10 nos Green chillies (slit lengthwise)

Lamb Head Meat With Raw Tamarind

Tala maamsam Chintakaya pulusu

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

1 kg Lamb head meat
3 nos Onion large
2" piece Ginger
15 nos Garlic pods
1 tbsp Cumin powder Jeerakam
1 tbsp Coriander powder
1 kg Raw Tamarind Unripe
8 nos Cloves Grambu
6 nos Cardamom Elakka
3" piece Cinnamon Karugapatta
Salt As reqd
150 ml Oil
2 tbsp Red chilly powder
10 nos Green chillies slit lengthwise

Instructions

Chop onions & ginger and place them in grinder jar along with garlic, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves and grind to a smooth paste.
Take 1 1/2 ltrs of water in a vessal and add green raw tamarind and boil untill the tamarind is well cooked and smooth.
Exract the tamarind juice with the same water in which it is boiled.
Discard the fibers and other waste particles by filteration.
Heat oil in a nonstick pressure pan.
Add the ground paste and keep strring.
When it turns brown, add lamb head meat and fry untill the oil separates from the ingredients.
Add red chilly powder and fry further.
Add green tamarind juice mix well.
Add adequate salt and green chillies.
Place the pressure pan lid and cook upto 3 whistles.
Remove the lid and cook further until the meat is cooked.

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Response (3)

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Sravanthi January 13, 2007

Great taste. Never tried before. A bit difficult but worth trying.

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Savithri January 16, 2007

A very very good recipe. All liked it.

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ali moula November 5, 2008

v v tasty and delicious

4 from 3 votes (3 ratings without comment)

Lamb Head Meat With Raw Tamarind