Shepherd's Pie, except its Irish Indian fusion


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A classic shepherd’s pie has two components; a lamb meat base and a mashed potato top. Two dishes from Indian cuisine inspired this version; aloo masala …

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  1. Bilal Qadri
    Bilal Qadri says:

    My mother makes something very similar with keema and aloo masala or dum aloo. Because she thinks Shepard's pie lacks spice. Your addition of cheese is something I will definitely try!

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  2. Jen P
    Jen P says:

    Ethan, this looks great. I've made your make ahead carnitas like 3 times this month and I've been having it in a shawarma type bowl with rice and veggies(including pickled cabbage and onions). Fantastic. I cant wait to try this as well.

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  3. Natal Kumar
    Natal Kumar says:

    Brilliant . I will call this a Gaḍḍarikā Pie. An Indian name for Shepherd's pie . I would use paneer rather than Lamb because many in my family are vegetarians .

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  4. Richard Jack
    Richard Jack says:

    I cranked out a big batch of this tonight to portion into the freezer. It's pretty great. I felt the keema was mssing a bit of zip so I added anardana (amchur would be good too), and mixed a bunch of chopped cilantro through the aloo. Nice work.

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  5. wolfman011000
    wolfman011000 says:

    I was taught on a cooking course while living in Singapore to first, fry the onions till light golden in veg oil, then add garlic/ginger paste cook for 1 minute [add finely chopped green chillis here for spice if desired], add tomatoes [i use passata] on the course fine chopped fresh tomatoes, cook at a low medium heat for 5 minutes, it is at this point you add your curry powder of choice [i use medium madras because that is what my family like] till the oil starts to appear on the surface of the gravy, then your protein of choice, on the course it was brined cubed chicken thigh. From this base we where taught different regional variations. The instructor told us the order that the curry base is prepared makes a differance as does the freshness of the curry powder. Never considered adding something like mushroom stock, normally i use knorr chicken powder to make a stock, i'll have to give that a try in a test batch and see what it is like. I find the base gravy freezes well, so make a large batch at one time, ideal for quick meals using up leftovers. Thanks you for the video and the mushroom stock idea, but wow how much worcestershire sauce, Take care and God bless one and all.

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  6. Justin Garcia
    Justin Garcia says:

    New to this channel but I really dig that you take a second to show a basic post prep cleanup. It adds a refreshing pace and also just nice seeing someone without a behind the scenes cleaning crew. Recipe looks killer. I did something similar once but with cuban Picadillo and empanadas. Cubans always save left over Picadillo for empanadas, lots of curry potential!

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  7. Robin Esak
    Robin Esak says:

    I'm going to try to figure it out from watching your kheema video again but what I'd REALLY like to see is making the aloo gobi on night 1, the kheema on night 2, and then the shepards pie from the leftovers on night 3. This would be such a great way to have a week's worth of meals by planning this out.

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