Royal Leg of Lamb Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• 1.5kg leg of lamb
• 5 tbsp ghee or vegetable oil, plus more for the tray
• 1 tbsp flaked almonds, toasted
• 2 tbsp chopped mint leaves
• 1 tbsp white poppy seeds
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds, plus more to serve
• 1–2 tbsp raisins
• 2 tbsp cashew nuts
• 2 onions, cut into chunks
• 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 6cm piece of root ginger, chopped
• 6 green chillies
• 6 tbsp chopped coriander leaves and stalks, plus more to serve
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Salt
• 3 onions, thinly sliced
• 300g Greek yogurt
• 1 tsp saffron threads, steeped in 3 tbsp hot milk for 10 minutes
• 3 star anise
• 3-4 blades of mace
• 2-3 cassia barks or cinnamon sticks
• 8-10 green cardamom pods
• 3 black cardamom pods
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 2-3 bay leaves
• 1 tsp fennel seeds