Lamb Shapta

For this Lamb Shapta recipe Atul Kochhar takes inspiration from Northeast India and Tibet. Usually made with beef or yak meat, this dish involves stir frying lamb with garlic, chillies, ginger, spring onions and bok choi. It is served with a spicy, sweet, sour sauce! Yum

Ingredients

  • 400 grams Lamb Fillet
  • Oil to deep fry
For the marinade:
  • 1 tablespoon cornflour
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 pinch of Szechuan pepper
For the shapta sauce:
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 tablespoons garlic chopped
  • 1 tablespoon red chilli flakes & seeds
  • 100 ml light soy sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon Timur powder or Szechuan pepper powder
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 200 ml light tomato sauce or ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons water
To serve:
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
  • 4 whole red chillies, slit open
  • Spring onion greens
  • 1 red pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 yellow pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 medium bok choi, cut into strips
  • 1 knob ginger, cut into strips

Method

Make the Shapta sauce first.  Heat oil over a medium heat, add the garlic and chilli flakes and sauté. Add the soy sauce, Timur powder, black pepper powder and sugar, followed by tomato sauce or ketchup. Add water and simmer for 3 – 4 minutes the remove from the heat.

Combine the marinade ingredient. Cut the lamb into thin slices and add to the marinade, stir so the lamb is completely coated.

Heat a deep fat fryer to 180°C and add the lamb. Cook for a couple of minutes until the lamb is crisp and light brown in colour. Remove to a tray lined with kitchen paper.

Finally, heat the 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok and sauté the garlic and whole red chillies. Add lamb & peppers and cook for 1-2 minutes and then add shapta sauce. Add spring onion greens and bok choi – sauté for 2-3 minutes and then add the ginger strips. Remove and serve your Lamb Shapta hot.

Ingredients

  • 400 grams Lamb Fillet
  • Oil to deep fry
For the marinade:
  • 1 tablespoon cornflour
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 pinch of Szechuan pepper
For the shapta sauce:
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 tablespoons garlic chopped
  • 1 tablespoon red chilli flakes & seeds
  • 100 ml light soy sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon Timur powder or Szechuan pepper powder
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 200 ml light tomato sauce or ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons water
To serve:
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
  • 4 whole red chillies, slit open
  • Spring onion greens
  • 1 red pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 yellow pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 medium bok choi, cut into strips
  • 1 knob ginger, cut into strips

Method

Make the Shapta sauce first.  Heat oil over a medium heat, add the garlic and chilli flakes and sauté. Add the soy sauce, Timur powder, black pepper powder and sugar, followed by tomato sauce or ketchup. Add water and simmer for 3 – 4 minutes the remove from the heat.

Combine the marinade ingredient. Cut the lamb into thin slices and add to the marinade, stir so the lamb is completely coated.

Heat a deep fat fryer to 180°C and add the lamb. Cook for a couple of minutes until the lamb is crisp and light brown in colour. Remove to a tray lined with kitchen paper.

Finally, heat the 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok and sauté the garlic and whole red chillies. Add lamb & peppers and cook for 1-2 minutes and then add shapta sauce. Add spring onion greens and bok choi – sauté for 2-3 minutes and then add the ginger strips. Remove and serve your Lamb Shapta hot.