Lamb chili with chickpeas and raita from American Flavor by Andrew Carmellini and Gwen Hyman

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  • babyfork on January 26, 2024

    Made this again and downgraded it to 3.5 stars. I followed my own suggestion to cut down on the broth. I only added the canned tomatoes and a full can of light coconut milk and omitted the broth completely. I used a great garam masala blend that I brought back from Dishoom in London and I added ancho chile as well. Also added a jalapeno, deseeded & diced. Even with the ginger, garlic, spices, etc this somehow turns out kind of bland. I used high quality humanely-raised grass-fed ground lamb. I like the idea of this (and I'll eat it all), but the recipe as written needs some help. The raita is good though. Served with a homemade herbed socca bread.

  • babyfork on January 19, 2024

    I'd give this 4 stars. Husband and kid loved it though, so 4.5 stars here. Followed the recipe exactly. I used a homemade chicken broth with no added salt, so I did find that I had to add a good amount of salt at the end when I was adjusting the seasoning. Even with that, the next day I thought it still needed a bit more salt. This is not spicy at all. In fact, the only slight heat detected comes from the cayenne in the raita. I'm not quite sure the long cooking time was necessary for this. I think I'd try cutting back on the amount of broth next time. Never really thickened up despite 2.5 hours on the stove. Served as suggested over rice, topped with the raita and fresh cilantro. (I used the online recipe from Tasting Table, but the link is broken so copying my note from 2015 here.)

  • wodtke on July 14, 2015

    A great success, definitely a keeper. Used sour cream instead of the raita, because I had it.

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