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MAY: Friday Night Curry Discoverer - Pakistani Nihari with Potato Parathas and Garlic Pickle
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Nihari is a comforting curry of lamb cooked until tender, flavoured with fragrant, warming spices such as cinnamon, green cardamon, black cardamon and nutmeg. It’s traditionally served with fresh garnishes including ginger, coriander and lemon which really lift the rich flavours, and it’s commonly eaten at breakfast time in Pakistan where it’s thought of as the national dish. 

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Nihari is a comforting curry of lamb cooked until tender, flavoured with fragrant, warming spices such as cinnamon, green cardamon, black cardamon and nutmeg. It’s traditionally served with fresh garnishes including ginger, coriander and lemon which really lift the rich flavours, and it’s commonly eaten at breakfast time in Pakistan where it’s thought of as the national dish. We’re serving it here with some delicious potato parathas which are surprisingly easy to make and perfect for mopping up all those curry juices. Also on the side we’ve got a garlic pickle, a simple veg sabzi and a cooling carrot raita.

Details

Prep: 40 mins

Cook: 1 hour 50 mins

Serves: 4

Effort: Medium effort

Origin: India

Shopping list
  • 500g diced lamb (or 800g stewing lamb on the bone for an even more authentic version!) or use 200g whole button mushrooms and a 400g tin of chickpeas (drained) for a veg version
  • 1 large onion
  • 250g floury potatoes
  • 3 medium carrots
  • 150g peas or spinach (fresh or frozen)
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • Fresh ginger
  • 10g bunch of coriander
  • 1 lemon
  • 15g butter
  • 150g natural yogurt (full fat is best)
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tbsp vinegar (white wine or cider vinegar is best)
  • 250g plain flour (plus extra for rolling)
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • Rice to serve (optional)
Spices included

Paratha Filling Spices: cumin, turmeric, green bell pepper, coriander leaf, coriander, black cardamon, black pepper, green cardamon, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, mace, bay, nutmeg, chilli

Pickle Spices: brown MUSTARD, cumin, asafoetida (asafoetida, gum arabic, rice flour, turmeric), chilli, mild chilli flakes (chilli flakes, sunflower oil, salt), onion, ginger, Kashmiri chilli

Whole Spices: Kashmiri chilli, black cardamon, green cardamon

Garam Masala: coriander leaf, cumin, coriander, black cardamon, black pepper, green cardamon, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, mace, bay, nutmeg, chilli

Ground Spices: Kashmiri chilli, turmeric, cloves, green cardamon, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, nutmeg

Sabzi Spices: coriander, cumin, garlic, black cumin, fenugreek, brown MUSTARD

Raita Blend: mint, coriander leaf, cumin, brown MUSTARD

Allergens are listed in CAPITALS. May contain CELERY and SESAME.

Store in a cool, dry place.

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KATY REES

What a great Spicery box! Full of flavour, loved the potato parathas, the lamb curry was tender and succulent….and the garlic pickle - WOW! I loved that my daughter, Lucy (12), helped create the dish too because the recipe was simple and easy to follow - fun for all the family!

Thank you so much for sharing this, it's brilliant to hear that Lucy was able to join in with the cooking! Happy spicing!

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Spicery Customer

This all tasted incredible!!!! The instructions were easy to follow and the food tasted so authentic. So excited for the next box to arrive!

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Spicery Customer

The lamb curry has a deep flavour, freshened up by the raw ginger, the parathas are perfect for mopping up the sauce and the garlic pickle adds a sweet, tart hit at the end. Please sell the pickle spices!

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Spicery Customer

Beautiful. Love a nihari it’s my favourite curry and I’ve had a lot of them. This was delicious and the patathas were amazing 10/10

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Spicery Customer

This wasn’t our favourite box the curry was hot but lacked any depth of flavour. We did however love the potato parathas, garlic pickle and Raita. The vegetable curry was also quite bland.

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Spicery Customer

Another yummy curry, with our subscription from #HappySpicing. Switched to beef instead of lamb, because it’s easier to get here in Switzerland, but just as tasty. Probably not a good idea to meet anyone after having the garlic pickle

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Spicery Customer

Easy to follow recipe resulting in a very delicious meal!!

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Spicery Customer

I could eat this for my breakfast everyday .We loved it. Thought I knew about curry as well But Spicery has taught us some new things John and Debs

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Spicery Customer

I really loved making, plating and eating this dish! Really good flavours. Love it!!

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Spicery Customer

Went down a treat with all the family, lovely recipe

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Spicery Customer

This is such a delicious recipe. The combination of spices with the lamb was amazing. The potato parathas were soft, tasty and a perfect match for the nihari. We definitely recommend this box.

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Spicery Customer

Part 1 of our weekend of 'Indian Feast' - the lamb was delicious! Also didn't appreciate how easy parathas were to make!

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Spicery Customer

Yummy lamb, super tasty, HOT aubergine, loved the freshness of the veg & tasty rice AND spuds

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Spicery Customer

Yummy lamb, super tasty, HOT aubergine, loved the freshness of the veg & tasty rice AND spuds. My photo: all prepped up & ready to go

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Spicery Customer

My 11 year old son made his first curry and did lots of the prep and cooking. His parathas were fantastic!

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Spicery Customer

The potato paratha recipe in this box is amazing! As a veggie, I changed the lamb in the nihari to mushroom and it was delicious

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Spicery Customer

The garlic pickle was amazing!

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Spicery Customer

This was so much fun and very simple to follow. TBH I just did it and then realised I’d just made parathas for the first time and the most amazing garlic pickle

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Spicery Customer

Everything was delicious.

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Spicery Customer

Absolutely yummy especially the parathas.

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