North Indian lamb shanks with aromatic pilau rice

Ingredients

For the lamb shanks

• 2 fresh green chillies
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 cloves garlic
• 4 French-trimmed lamb shanks
• 1 tbsp ghee, (clarified butter)
• 1 onion, sliced
• 3 cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• green cardamom, bruised
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 x 200 g can tomatoes, undrained and crushed to a pulp

For the aromatic pilau rice

• 400 g basmati rice
• 1 3/4 tbsp unsalted butter, or ghee (clarified butter)
• green cardamom
• 1 x 5 cm cinnamon sticks, or equivalent measurement in ground cinnamon
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 onion
• 2 tsp mixed grated ginger root and grated garlic
• 600 ml hot water
• 3/4 tsp salt