Azerbaijani-style lamb with apricots & chestnuts - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• pinch of saffron
• 2 tbsp sunflower or groundnut oil
• 800g braising lamb (such as shoulder), trimmed of excess fat
• 2 large onions, roughly chopped
• 4 plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp allspice
• 250ml lamb or chicken stock
• 100g dried apricots
• 125g cooked chestnuts (canned or vacuum-packed)
• ½ lemon, juiced
• ½ tsp sumac
• 15g coriander, leaves picked and roughly chopped