Kashmiri lamb in red chile sauce | Something New For Dinner

Ingredients

• 2 dried Kashmiri or pasilla chiles, broken
• 1 red Thai or Anaheim chile. stemmed and seeded
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 t black cumin seeds, kala jeera or regular cumin seeds
• 10 garlic cloves, mashed
• 4 lamb shoulder chops (about 2 3/4 pounds)
• Kosher salt
• Pepper
• 1 T black peppercorns
• 4 green cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 2 T tamarind paste or concentrate
• 4 T dried mint, divided
• 1 T red chili powder
• 1 handful fresh mint, roughly chopped