Apple and lamb curry - for JohnG

Hey, Johnno, ...... seeing as your local grocers may be a a little bit more on the conservative side in the provision of "Ingredients in Stock" department, I thought I'd give you a nice  a nice, quick lamb dish with a little bit of curry to reflect the UK's new multi-cultural social changes - LOL!

APPLE AND LAMB CURRY

INGREDIENTS

1lb Diced lamb (buy enough lamb shanks or forequarter chops and trim them down)

3 tbs vegetable oil

1 onion, finely chopped

1 tsp of garlic paste (or two or three garlic cloves, peeled, crushed and chopped)

1 tbs Curry powder (any good old curry powder - Keen's or Clive of India is fine! )

1 tsp Paprika (bottled spice version is fine)

½ tsp Ginger paste (or finely grate a lump of ginger)

½ tbs Brown sugar

dash of chili flakes (if you cannot get them, use a dash of Worcestershire sauce as an alternative)

50 g sachet of triple concentrated tomato paste

1 cup of water

2 cups of chopped green apple

METHOD

Heat oil in pan and saute onion and garlic until onion is transparent

Add curry powder, paprika, ginger, sugar and chili flakes and cook until onion is browned

Add lamb and continue to cook until lamb is brown on all sides

Boil water and mix with tomato paste and add to pan

Cover and cook for twenty minutes

Add apple and cook a further ten minutes

Plate and serve on a bed of boiled rice.