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Mutton saag

Fruit and vegetables

4 large onions, peeled and sliced
6 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
2 long red chillies, sliced
1 tbsp ground coriander
500g/1lb 2oz spinach leaves (preferably not baby spinach), stalks removed, washed and drained

Cooking ingredients

5 tbsp sunflower oil
10 cardamom pods
1 tbsp cumin seeds
2 tsp mustard seeds
¼ cinnamon stick
2 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp flaked sea salt, plus extra to taste
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp tomato purée
freshly ground black pepper

Meat, fish and poultry

900g/2lbs boneless mutton leg, cut into 4cm/1½in pieces (You may need to start off with a 1.7kg piece of mutton on the bone.)

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