A quick trip from the capitol to Victoria brought a nice fat sambar cow/hind for the larder.

Ended up with a hell of a workout dragging her to the truck, and a ton of meat.

What's a good sambar recipe?

Any good recipe for gamey venison would do it.

Over here we tend to brine the topsides and make corned venison.

Mutton is better they tell me.

I have eaten Sambar in India and the traditional Indian preparation tastes fine. The meat is a bit coarse in fibre but the flavour is fine.

On one beat hunt in 1976 we as a group ate the sambar hind in about 8 differnt recipes! The tongue was pealed and coal roasted. The brain was spiced and scrambled .... etc.

My current method in NZ with red deer meat is to mince the whole lot and make patties with onions, garlic, ginger, chillies, cumin & corriander powder, tinned tomatos, potatos and some garam masala. Pressure cook the meat before mining. Crumb the patties and freeze them. They taste as good as beef patties.

http://forums.nitroexpress.com...?Cat=0&Number=103327

Venison goulash would work well. A couple of recipes, one a little too hot and one milder on the link.

Gee gryph - ee gryph - I didnt realise you were the master at spit-roasting mutton.

Got any helpfull sambar recipes to go with it ?

I'm sure your favourite spit-roasted mutton recipe does it for you , gryph - but surely you of all posters should have some helpfull hints on what to do with a sambar....

I suspect mincing would be good for much of it but the steaks should be ok cut as per a red or fallow. Sausages and salami would be good too.

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Originally posted by muzza:
Gee gryph - ee gryph - I didnt realise you were the master at spit-roasting mutton.

Got any helpfull sambar recipes to go with it ?

No second prizes at all thus a poor try...now that is a true "kiwi grip" as shown in the pic,no other country has managed to grasp a sheep as well as you lot from Eltham do...I remember all those sheep in your home paddock in your snow photos..now that`s dedication!

if you have the time they make great sausages