Recipe for Leg of Lamb w/ Spiced Yoghurt

Ingredients

• 2.25kg leg of lamb
• 220g onions, coarsely chopped
• 6 cloves garlic
• 4 x 2.5cm pieces ginger, chopped
• 3 fresh green chillies, seeds left in and coarsely chopped
• 2 tbsp ground cumin
• 1½ tbsp ground coriander
• ½ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 50g ground almonds
• 600ml Greek yoghurt
• 3 tsp salt
• 4 tbsp sunflower oil
• 6 whole cloves
• 16 cardamom pods
• 10 black peppercorns
• 2 x 5 cm sticks cinnamon
• 570ml natural yoghurt
• 13cm of cucumber, peeled and coarsely grated
• 2 tbsp of finely chopped fresh mint
• ½ tsp ground roasted cumin seeds
• ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 450g green beans
• 4 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp black mustard seeds
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 hot dried red chilli, broken slightly so that it releases some of the seeds
• ½ tsp caster sugar