Poultry Recipes - Duck Vindaloo

Ingredients

• 1 duck, jointed

• 2 cinnamon sticks

• 2 cardamom pods

• 5 cloves

• salt

• 5 dried red chilies

• 5 green chilies

• 3 onions

• 15 ml/1 tbsp cumin seeds

• 10 cloves garlic

• 2.5 cm/1 in ginger root

• 5 ml/ 1 tsp ground turmeric

• 45 ml/3 tbsp wine vinegar

• 15 ml/1 tbsp sugar

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp poppy seeds

• 225 g/8 oz potatoes, quartered

• 45 ml/3 tbsp ghee

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Method:

1. Place the duck in a pan and just cover with water. Add the cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and salt, bring to the boil and simmer for 1 hour until the duck is tender.

2. Grind all the remaining ingredients except the potatoes and ghee to a paste. Heat the ghee and fry the duck until browned on all sides then remove from the pan.

3. Add the paste and fry until dry. Add 300 ml/1/2 pt/1 1/4 cups of water and simmer until the liquid has disappeared.

4. Add the duck and potatoes and simmer gently until the potatoes are tender and the sauce is very thick.