Ingredients

• Ingredients
  1. 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
  2. 2 teaspoons black peppercorns
  3. Cardamom seeds from 2 pods (scant 1/8 teaspoon)
  4. 2 whole cloves
  5. 1 dried red chile, crumbled
  6. 1/4 cup cashews, coarsely chopped
  7. 2 tablespoons dry red wine
  8. 1/8 teaspoon ground mace or nutmeg
  9. 2 cups plain low-fat yogurt
  10. Juice of 2 lemons
  11. Salt
  12. 2 pounds boneless leg of lamb, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
  13. 1 large mango, peeled, fruit cut off the pit
  14. 2 cups cilantro leaves
  15. 1 cup mint leaves
  16. 2 teaspoons chopped shallot
  17. 1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
  18. Vegetable oil, for brushing

Directions

1. In a small skillet, combine the cumin, peppercorns, cardamom, cloves and chile and toast over moderate heat for 1 minute. Transfer to a spice grinder and let cool. Grind to a powder and transfer to a large bowl. Finely grind the cashews. In the bowl, mix the spices with the cashews, wine, mace, 1 cup of the yogurt and the juice of 1 lemon. Season with salt. Stir in the lamb and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
2. Cut half of the mango into 1/3-inch dice and coarsely chop the rest. In a food processor, coarsely puree the cilantro, mint, shallot, garlic and coarsely chopped mango with the remaining yogurt and lemon juice. Transfer the chutney to a bowl. Stir in the diced mango and season with salt.
3. Light a grill. Thread the lamb onto eight 8-inch skewers. Brush with oil and grill over a hot fire until medium rare, about 3 minutes per side. Serve at once with the mango chutney.