Cumin Lamb Casserole

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 kg lamb, diced into big chunks
• 1 kg small potato, halved or quartered, depending on size
• 2 medium onions, chopped into wedges
• 5 tomatoes
• 20 -30 g cumin seeds (just use the whole spice packet)
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 -4 tablespoons butter
• 3 -4 teaspoons salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c.
• 2 put lamb, potatoes, olive oil, cumin seeds, salt and pepper in a large plastic bag and jiggle it about till it's well mixed. i use the bag the lamb came from the butcher inches you can do this in a dish but then you have to wash the dish and your hands.
• 3 pour it all into a large casserole dish or dutch oven with the water.
• 4 slice the tomatoes and overlap them on top, they stop the meat drying out.
• 5 sprinkle salt on the tomatoes. you can also add shredded parsley or lemon zest now if you want to.
• 6 top the whole thing with little pats of butter, put the lid on the pot, and place in oven for 1 1/2-2 hours
• 7 swish the pan every half hour to rewet the ingredients.
• 8 if it's still watery, take the lid off and return to the oven for another half hour.