Rogan josh is an spicy aromatic red curry of kashmiri origin. Traditionally the dish is cooked with mutton or lamb, you could however use any meat or vegetable you like. The long slow cooking required in this recipe is to make the lamb tender and draw as much flavour as possible out of the whole spices. Other meats or vegetables will not require this, if using beef i would still probably cook for a long time.I recommend you have your whole and powdered spices measured out and mixed together ready to throw in when required. I usually will have several small bowls with the spices for each different stage of the process ready to go. This recipe has three separate instances where spices are added. First is the tempering whole spices, second is the powdered spices added after browning meat and the third is at the end of the cooking process to season the dish.As always if you're missing a few spices don't worry about it, it will still taste delicious. There are also substitutions you could make like the mace blade can be replace with 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder. The nutmeg powder would go in later with the other powdered spices as you will burn it if you throw it in with the whole spices at the start.

I used a shoulder of lamb, a good four helpings.

Whole young lamb shoulder is 2 pounds, deboned and trimmed to a 1 1/2 pound piece of tender meat, prepared here in four steps: marinaded, simmered, roasted, in bean sauce, then seared to a perfect finish. Foolproof every time! The meat is served on a platter on top of the beans with boiled young potatoes. A sophisticated dish, easy to make.

We are lucky enough to have a local Indian Family Restaurant that serves authentic fresh buffet weekdays, including goat biryani, they gave me this recipe for the spices to roast for lamb biryani. I am following cookpad member Pinkblankets Kitchen’s recipe for her leftover lamb biryani, using lamb neck bones and a lamb shoulder steak, which I marinaded. Thank you! My kitchen smells like the buffet in the Indian restaurant. Tastes delicious, too.

This is a dish for special occasions! In Tunisia, we often cook it on Eid Al Adha day. Cooks will usually add in the liver, heart, spleen and meat of the day's sacrificial lamb. There are variations across different cities and homes but what makes this dish special is the very slow cooking without any added water. Cooked on coal, this dish would normally take 3 to 4 hours in a traditional earthen pot (like the Moroccan tajine) but in the kitchen it'll take less time. The preparation is quite simple but you need to be patient!!Shahya Tayba

My nan often made this when I was a little unwell but also used it as a simple starter before meals with lots of courses. Hope you enjoy it too. #lunchideas

This is the authentic recipe of Michael Psilakis, Greek-American Chef. He taught me to make garlic confit. We self-butcher Dorper Meat Lambs in winter and freeze. Our lambs are big, a butterflied front leg is 3 pounds, the shoulder two pounds, enough for ten. The bones are used to make stew.I have included an easy way to butterfly your leg of lamb, all you need is a fork and steak knife.The meat tastes better when roasted whole. If it is too much food for one dinner, I roast ten minutes less, cut off the unused portions to freeze, then finish roasting. It freezes and reheats very well if meat is cut in one inch thick steaks. The leg makes 12 steaks of one inch thick, half a pound each, with stuffing.Warning.: this recipe overcooks very easily, from medium rare to well done in minutes. Use a probe thermometer. Take meat out of the oven to rest, it will continue cooking for 15 minutes. Enjoy.#GlobalApron

I love the delicate flavour of this soup.I like spring and I like onions #lunchideas

Perfect way to roast a leg of lamb.

As I am German I wanted to add a few German recipes from all around Germany. This is a creamy soup from the region of Saxony that friends often serve. Traditionally white asparagus would be used but I mixed green and white here for a slightly more robust flavour.Hope you enjoy.

This is a twist on the original lamb kofta from Greece/Cyprus instead of lamb I'm using pork and Apple to give it a bit of a sweet tasteTo make about 38 koftas and a tzatziki yoghurt to go with it follow the ingredients bellow