Mamta,

Just to say we made this in the slow cooker on Saturday and it was gorgous.

Is it called pickle style as it resembles Lime Pickle in texture.

It never even made a plate in OH case - he was just dunking his naans straight into the slow cooker.

Thanks Mamta - Fiona

What a vision... your OH with extension lead to side of his chair... LOL

very nice, another winning recipe !

Steve

hi mamta.,Lamb Acarhi - pickle style looked really interesting and i cant wait to try them, however i am a little confused could you pls tell me as to at what point do i add the coarsely groud green chilles into the cooking please so i can try it soon.

cheers

lavy

as Mamta hasn't answered, (she may be away somewhere?) I will give you my view. Add the fresh green chilli to the onion, garlic and ginger paste made in the food processor.

I notice Mamta mentions kalonji, and also refers to it as onion seed. It is quite often seen on packets of Kalonji (even Tesco's call it onion seed) but it is not onion seed, no relation. Please do not use onion seed, and definitely not from a packet of onion seeds, which may be treated with fungicide!

Hope you don't mind, Mamta.

The name comes from the fact that the spices used are those used in pickling, like cumin, fennel, hing, mustard, methi seeds and kalonji (also called nigella seeds). In some recipes, some of the pickling spices are stuffed into small green chillies, and cooked like that.

Have fun with the recipe.

Mum is without internet access for a week or so!

Hello Fiona

I just returned from north Wales, where I went with my American SIL, who you met in Ireland last year. I have this picture of a wild man eating lamb and naan with big chunks of Naan in his hands and dripping meat gravy! LOL!! It is a good dish, and easy to make.

Lavy, it was at the end of step three, but to make it clearer, I have now made it a separate step, as step 4. It is nice to cook dry chillies in hot oil very briefly, they give better flavour, but you can add them any time during cooking.

Lapis is of course right as always, nigella is not the same as onion seeds. This recipe was written down a long time ago, when I thought they were the same. I have changed in most places I can think of, but if anyone comes across it given as onion seed, do please let me know, so I can correct it.

Mamta

not always right, Mamta, always willing to learn from you! Hope you had a good time 'over the border'.

Poeple willing to learn are usually the one that know the most Lapis ;-)! I am getting old now and still know so little :-(.

We had a wondferful time in Wales, thanks :-).

mamta

Just as along as he didn't dribble onto his clothes and increasing washing work of another kind ;-)!

yes, Mamta, they say 'the more you know the more you know you don't know', how true ;?)