Malabar Mutton Curry

Malabar Mutton Curry

Ingredients

Mutton 500 gram
Onion (payaz) 2 big
Ginger (adrakh) 2 table spoons
Garlic (lahsan) 12-15 cloves
Green chilli (hari mirch) 3-4
Tomato (tamater) 2 medium
Mustard seeds (sarso) ¼ tea spoon
Curry leaves 2 sprigs
Turmeric (haldi) 1 tea spoon
Chilli powder (lal mirch) ½ tea spoon
Salt (namak) To taste
Coconut oil (nariyel tel) ½ cup

Spices to be grind

Coconut (nariyel) grated ¾ cup
Poppy seeds (khuskhus) 2 table spoons
Black Pepper (kali mirch) 10-12
Cumin seeds (jeera) 1 tea spoon
Coriander seeds (dhaniya) 1 table spoon
Whole red chilli (lal mirch) 4-5
Fenugreek(methi ke dane) ½ tea spoon
Cinnamon (dalchini) 1 inch
Cardamom(elaichi) 4-5
Cloves(laung) 6-8

Instructions

  1. Heat little oil in a pan & add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, red chilli, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and black pepper and stir it for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Now add coconut, poppy seeds. Once coconut becomes golden brown, switch off.
  3. Grind this mixture into a thick paste.
  4. Heat oil & splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves.
  5. Add onion, and stir till it becomes golden brown. Now add ginger, garlic & chilli and let it cook for further 2-3 minutes.
  6. Then add tomato till oil gets separated.
  7. Now add mutton & stir continuously for 10-15 minutes.
  8. Add turmeric, chilli powder, salt and stir it for further 8-10 minutes.
  9. Then add 4 cups of water & boil till the mutton is done.
  10. Add the prepared spices paste and cook it covered till the gravy becomes thick.
  11. Now put off flame and serve it with “Malabari Paratha”.

Tips

  • a. If poppy seeds are used in grinding, soak it in hot water for 10 to 15 minutes, then strain it with a strainer and use.

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