Chef Enam Rahman


Babur Brasserie,
119 Brockley Rise, Forest Hill
London SE23 1JP

Recipes
Ros Tos Crab
Raan Galnar


Ros Tos Crab
Serves 4

Ingredients

½lb

white crab meat

1 ripe

mango, pulped

1

Spanish onion

2 cloves

garlic

1

green chilli

1 cup

milk

2oz

plain flour

2oz

feta cheese

1

green pepper

1

red pepper

salt to taste

2 tbsp

vegetable oil

1 oz

butter

garnish:

breadcrumbs

Cheddar cheese, grated

Method

1.   Finely chop the onion, garlic, peppers and chilli and fry gently in oil until tender.

2.    Add the crab meat and simmer for 10 minutes. Season with salt as required.

3.    Whilst this is cooking, make a roux with the butter and flour and then add the cheese and mango pulp. Heat gently to form a sauce.

4.    Combine with the crab meat and dispense into four cleaned crab shells or similar sized dish.

5.    Garnish with grated Cheddar cheese and breadcrumbs and pop under the grill to melt the cheese.

6.    Serve immediately.

 


Raan Galnar
Serves 4

Ingredients

4

lamb shanks

Marinade

1 tsp

garam masala

1 tsp

tamarind powder

1 tsp

ground ginger

1 tsp

garlic paste

1 tsp

cumin powder

salt to taste

1 tsp

coriander powder

4 tbsp

ghee

Paste:

1 tbsp

ground cashew nuts

1 tsp

mint, finely chopped

1 tbsp

ground peanuts

1 tsp

ground coriander

1 tbsp

coconut

vegetable ghee

1 tsp

green chilli, finely chopped

1

Spanish onion, peeled and chopped

2 tbsp

tomato purée

4 cloves

garlic, peeled and chopped

whole almonds

1 tbsp

curry leaves

freshly chopped coriander leaves

Method

1.   Stab the meat all over down to the bone with a sharp knife to enable the marinade to penetrate into the meat.

2.    Combine and blend all marinade ingredients together.

3.    Place the meat in a suitable pot and cover evenly and well with the marinade mixture. Cover and leave in a fridge for 6-24 hours. The longer the better.

4.    When ready to cook the lamb shank, combine and blend all the paste ingredients together.

5.    Heat a little vegetable oil or ghee in a large, heavy-based iron pot and fry the chopped onions and garlic until golden brown. Add the paste and cook briefly.

6.    Add the curry leaves and tomato purée together with the marinated lamb, ensuring the meat is well covered with paste..

7.    Cover the pot and simmer gently for an hour.

8.    Remove from heat and allow to rest for 30 minutes before serving.

9.    Garanish with the chopped coriander leaves and whole almonds.