Cookbook Challenge: Week 18, BBQ
Recipe: Lamb with coriander and chilli
Cookbook: AWW Kitchen
Oh, the weather in Melbourne has been so lovely this week. Perfect for this week’s Cookbook Challenge theme – BBQ.
Despite my best intentions when the Cookbook Challenge began, I still find myself on Sunday frantically trying to decide on a recipe, cook, photograph and blog before the week is over. I always intend to be more organised…. but…. I think I need the pressure!
It took me ages to decide on a recipe – you would think that BBQ would be an easy week, but for some reason I just couldn’t find anything I particularly liked. It didn’t help that I had run out of garlic and was trying to find a recipe without it. In the end, we just went out to buy some and I was able to finally decide on a recipe.
In the cookbook, the recipe is for chicken, but since I already had lamb chops I just went with them. I thought it was pretty good with lamb. Spicy, sourish, and fragrant – gosh it smelt good cooking on the BBQ. I served the chops with a simple baby spinach and chickpea salad, and I couldn’t resist garnishing with some extra cut chilli. Delicious, and another challenge done for the week. Perhaps I’ll be more organised next week?
See previous Cookbook Challenge posts here
Update: See the round up for this week at My Food Trail.
Lamb with coriander and chilli
Adapted from AWW Kitchen
Serves 4
8 lamb chops
Coriander and chilli paste
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
4 fresh small red thai chillies, chopped coarsely
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 cloves
2 cardamon pods, bruised
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
10cm stick fresh lemongrass (20g) chopped coarsely
2 medium brown onions (300g) chopped coarsely
4 cloves garlic
1/3 cup (80ml) lime juice
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons peanut oil
Make the coriander and chilli paste by blending or processing all ingredients until the mixture forms a smooth paste.
Combine the paste and the lamb in a large bowl, cover, and let sit for at least an hour.
Cook the lamb on a hot BBQ for a few minutes, turn and cook for several more minutes until cooked.
March 21, 2010 @ 11:53 pm
Beautiful colours and looks mighty tasty.
March 22, 2010 @ 1:14 am
Well done for not eating these straight off the barbie, I can imagine the smell!
Great idea to serve with spinach and chickpeas too, you've got a very attractive dish right there 🙂
March 22, 2010 @ 3:32 am
Oh yum I love lamb – how lucky that the marinade worked well for it! I think this week's weather will be good for a barbie as well! 🙂
March 22, 2010 @ 5:09 am
Can I put in a request for you to *not* plan in advance, if last-minute pressure turns up deliciousness like this? 😛
Love the use of all those spices in the marinade!
March 22, 2010 @ 1:11 pm
Oh so healthy and delicious!
March 22, 2010 @ 10:31 pm
The weather had been a a beaut huh! Good choice with the lamb…nice and juicy. Coriander and chili is a great combo.
March 23, 2010 @ 8:34 pm
I find it very hard to be organised too and it seems that i cramp everything on the wkends!
Next time, get us over if you are serving lamb again 😛 We are just round the corner…. heh
March 24, 2010 @ 10:47 pm
mademoiselle: it was super tasty!
Conor: I admit that I ate a teeny tiny little piece off the barbie as soon as they were cooked…!
Vee: You're right, the weather this week has been lovely! I love it!
Hannah: haha, I'll keep your request in mind – roll on Sunday and the last minute rush for a recipe!
Sook: it was!
Adrian: I love coriander and the more chilli the better. Mhmmmm.
Penny: I'll remember you next time I'm cooking lamb. 😉 Maybe we should do a lamb pot luck dinner?
March 26, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
What a stunning plate of food……….I love it!!!!!!!!!
March 31, 2010 @ 2:32 pm
LOL for needing to be more organised with the challenge. I keep telling myself that each week but it never happens!
I'm not a lamb fan but yours looks great!
April 2, 2010 @ 11:30 am
Yum, yum, yum…..looks perfect as all your dishes do!