Kolhapuri dishes are known to be spicy but deeply flavourful. Their spice blends are softer and more fragrant than garam masala and – once you have a jar – you don’t really need a lot of other spices. The blend here does have a fair number of ingredients in it, but it takes under 5 minutes to do from beginning to end, will keep well for future use and goes with chicken, meat, and even some meaty vegetables. If you are missing a couple of the ingredients, don’t worry, it will still be fine. If you have some good-quality garam masala, you can even leave out the first 7 ingredients. I make this dish with mutton, which adds more flavour than lamb, but you can use lamb instead. The flavours are incredible whichever meat you use. Serve with Indian breads or Simple, Perfect Rice.