Phaal

Description

This is the world’s hottest curry, because it contains the world’s hottest chile, the Bhut Jolokia or ‘Ghost Chile’, which is three times hotter than a habanero. This pan-Asian dish is not for the faint of heart. It is atomically spicy! Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • ¼ cup water
  • 10 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger root
  • 1 tablespoon tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 3 ghost chile peppers, stemmed and coarsely chopped (use gloves)
  • 2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons garam masala
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon ground fenugreek
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 pounds cubed lamb
  • ¼ cup clarified butter (ghee)
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Place tomatoes
  2. water
  3. garlic
  4. ginger
  5. tomato puree
  6. salt
  7. ghost peppers
  8. chili powder
  9. garam masala
  10. cumin
  11. coriander
  12. fenugreek
  13. and black pepper into a blender and pulse several times to chop. Blend the ingredients until liquefied. Be careful
  14. ghost chilies will burn eyes
  15. mouth
  16. or nose if touched.
  17. Pour the blended mixture into a large bowl and stir in lamb to coat; let lamb marinate at least 1 hour in refrigerator.
  18. Heat clarified butter in a large pan over medium-high heat and cook onion until lightly golden brown
  19. 10 to 15 minutes
  20. stirring constantly. Pour the lamb and marinade into the skillet and bring to a boil; cook and stir until sauce begins to thicken
  21. about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer until lamb is tender
  22. about 20 more minutes. Garnish with cilantro to serve.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 35 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins

Servings: 5

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