Lamb Filling For East Indian Samosas

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron
• 3 tablespoons hot water
• 1/4 cup safflower oil or 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 tablespoon peeled minced fresh gingerroot
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb lean ground lamb
• 1 dash red pepper
• 1 teaspoon garam masala

Recipe

• 1 soak saffron in water.
• 2 heat the oil in a heavy skillet. stir in ginger, garlic and onion.
• 3 fry until onions are golden, about 5 minutes. sprinkle in salt.
• 4 add the lamb, the red pepper and garam masala and the saffron soaked in water.
• 5 cook 10 minutes over medium heat. reduce heat to low and cook about 15 minutes more, stirring once or twice.
• 6 when the lamb mixture has lost most of its moisture and becomes an almost solid cake in the pan, remove from heat.
• 7 cool before using.