James Martin served up a tasty slow cooked lamb shoulder with tomato sauce and pilaf rice on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients are: 1 lamb shoulder, 200g thick natural yoghurt, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tbs curry powder, 1 tsp easy ginger paste and 2 tsp easy garlic paste.

For the sauce: 2 onions, peeled and sliced, 25ml veg oil, 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed, 1 tbs ginger paste, 400g tinned crushed tomatoes, 5 fresh tomatoes, chopped, 50ml water, 4 curry leaves, 1 bay leaf, 1 green, sliced, 1 red chilli, sliced, 100ml double cream, 50g butter, Salt and pepper.

For the Pilaf Rice: 200g long grain rice, 1 onion, peeled and diced, 3 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick and 400ml water.

To serve: Fresh coriander.

See recipes by James in his book titled: Complete Home Comforts: Over 150 delicious comfort-food classics available from Amazon now.