- Sauté chopped onions, garlic and ginger in oil in a large pot. After these ingredients are lightly browned, add the spices or the sauce mix. Next, brown the meat. You then add tomatoes or tomato paste, along with hot water. Cook until the lamb is tender and the sauce thickens. Most recipes call for boneless lamb for faster cooking time, but you could also opt for bone-in lamb as well. To reduce fat in this dish, use less oil for sauteeing and trim all excess fat from the lamb.
- Lamb Madras has high levels of niacin, iron and protein. Lamb Madras is also a good source of vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B6, magnesium, folate, and calcium because of the addition of tomatoes and onions. Some chefs also add poppy seeds, turmeric, curry leaves, tamarind paste, coconut milk, mustard seeds, clarified butter or other additions to make the lamb Madras gravy thicker and more flavorful. Due to these variations, calorie and fat content of this dish can vary widely.
- For example, the recipe for lamb Madras on allrecipes.com has 519 calories per a serving and 334 calories from fat. Since this recipe uses high-fat ingredients like ghee/clarified butter and coconut milk in addition to the lamb, the recipe overall is quite heavy. This version of lamb Madras has 28.6 grams of protein and 16.2 grams of carbohydrates.
- This version of lamb Madras has about 414 calories a serving. Still, with 33 grams of fat per serving, this dish is not a light dish. However, the addition of lemon juice and turmeric adds a different flavor dimension than the allrecipes.com version of this dish. This dish also has 22 grams of protein.
- Patak's is Anglo-Indian brand of ready-made sauces, spice mixes and chutneys available in England, United States and other countries with large population of Indian or British expatriates. You just sauté the lamb and onions, add the sauce and simmer for a quick version of lamb Madras. For 100 grams of Patak's Original "Madras paste" sauce, the calorie count is 289. The sauce by itself has 4.7 grams of protein and 7.6 grams of carbohydrates.
