asma khan’s first class railway curry

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Asma Khan’s first-class railway curry

Celebrated chef Asma Khan shares her recipe for railway curry, a mutton or beef coconut-based curry with a rich history.

4 tbsp vegetable oil

4cm piece cassia bark or cinnamon stick

3 cloves

3 green cardamom pods

1 Indian bay (cassia) leaf – see Know-how

1 dried red chilli

1kg stewing beef, mutton leg or lamb shanks

2 small onions, finely chopped, then crushed to a paste with the flat of a knife

4 garlic cloves, crushed to a paste

1 tbsp ginger paste

½ tsp ground turmeric

1½ tsp ground coriander

1½ tsp ground cumin

1 tomato, diced

2 tsp fine salt

4 tbsp malt vinegar, plus more to taste

2 large potatoes, peeled and quartered

400ml tin full-fat coconut milk

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