This dish of yogurt-marinated and roasted leg of lamb comes from the border of northern India and Pakistan. It is a common delicacy in North-West Frontier cuisine, where mutton us often used instead of lamb. Its also one way of spicing up the festivities and keeping warm with the spices in the recipe.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

Preparation:

Prick the flesh of the lamb all over with a skewer or sharp knife. Put the ginger, onion, yogurt, oil, garam masala, chilli powder and salt in a large bowl and mix well.

Add the lamb to the bowl and use use your hands to smear the marinade all over the lamb, then cover and place in the fridge for at least 1 hour, or overnight if time allows. Remove the lamb from the fridge 20 minutes before cooking.
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.

Put the lamb in a roasting tin, cover with foil and roast for 2 hours. Baste with the juices in the tin after 1 hour, then continue roasting for the remaining 1 hour, or until the flesh is tender when you pierce it with a fork.
Remove the lamb from the oven and leave to rest, still covered with the foil, for about 15 minutes before carving and serving.