Jun 7, 2008

Mutton Curry- Kerala Style




Mutton Curry ( Kerala Style )

Fresh Mutton – 250g ( washed and cleaned )

Marination

Turmeric powder- 1/ 2 teaspoon

Salt – 1 teaspoon

Ginger – Garlic paste- 2 tablespoon

Red chilly powder- 2 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 2 tablespoon

Vinegar- 1 teaspoon

Marinate mutton pieces with above ingredients for half an hour and pressure cook for 20 minutes. You will get approximately one and a half cup gravy along with the cooked mutton pieces. You can use this gravy for curry and no need to add extra water.

For Curry

You will need

Cooking oil ( if you use coconut oil curry will be more tasty ) - 1 table spoon

Onion – 3 medium size, cut into thin slices

Fresh curry leaves – 2 springs ( dark green )

Green chilly – 2 cut lengthwise

Shallow fried coconut pieces ( thengakkoth )- 4 teaspoon ( coconut pieces cut into cubes and marinate with turmeric powder and salt for half an hour and shallow fry in a pan . Colour should be in golden brown )

Pepper powder – 1teaspoon

Muttom Masala- 1 teaspoon ( 5 cloves + 4 cardamom+2 inch pieces of cinnamon- make a powder of above ingredients

Salt – to taste

Method

In a pan, heat cooking oil. Fry sliced onions till golden colour . Add fresh curry leaves, green chillies and shallow fried coconut pieces. Saute it slowly for 5 -8 minutes. Add pressure cooked mutton with gravy , pepper powder, salt and mutton masala. Cook slowly for half an hour till the gravy thickens.. It goes well with Chapati, Kerala parotta and Appam. You can find out Appam.


3 comments:

Meera said...

Mutton curry looks so delicious. I can almost smell the aroma!!

Health Freak Mommy said...

Yums... this looks good!

Anonymous said...

I tried this today, it was excellent, i varied it a little by adding some coconut milk in the end.