Mutton Roast

Ingredients

• Mutton – 500g 
• Onion – 2 big
• Fennel seeds  – ½ tsp
• Green Chilli  – 2
• Ginger  garlic paste – 2 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½  tsp
• Coriander powder – 2 tsp
• Garam masala – 1  tsp
• Curry leaves – few

To Marinate

• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½  tsp
• Coriander powder – 2 tsp
• Pepper powder – 1 tsp
• Lemon juice – 1 tsp
• Salt

Preparation

1.Mix all the ingredients to marinate. Add little water into it and make it to a paste. Add mutton pieces into it and mix well. Pressure cook it till mutton is cooked.

2.Heat oil in a pan and add fennel seeds, sliced onion and curry leaves. Cook with the pan covered and stir in between till onion turns brown.

3.Add ginger garlic paste, green chilli and cook for 2-3 min.

4.Add red chilli, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala and cook for 2-3 min.Sprinkle little water if needed.

5.Add cooked mutton and mix well. Cook in medium flame by stirring in between till mutton is dry and becomes dark brown.

Mutton Curry

 Ingredients

•  Mutton- 500 gms
•  Onion- 2
•  Shallots -  12-14
•  Ginger- 1 ” piece
•  Garlic- 10 cloves
•  Green chilli- 2-3
•  Fennel seeds- 1/2 teaspoon
•  Cumin seeds- 1 teaspoon
•  Peppercorns- 1/2 tablespoon
•  Coriander seeds- 2 tablespoons
•  Tomato- 1
•  Curry leaves- 3 sprigs
•  Dried red chilli- 1
•  Turmeric powder- 1 teaspoon
•  Cubed potato- 1-2

 For Tempering

•  Oil- 2 tablespoons
•  Mustard seeds- 1/2 teaspoon
•  Dried red chilli- 1
•  Sliced shallots- 4-5
•  Curry leaves- 1 sprig

Preparation

1.Heat oil in a pan. Add the coriander seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorns, curry leaves and red chilli and saute till you get a good aroma.

2.Add the onion, shallots, ginger, garlic, green chilli and turmeric powder and saute till the onions turn light brown in colour.

3.Add the tomato and saute till becomes soft and onions turns brown . Switch off heat and let cool. Once cooled, grind to a smooth, fine paste. Add it to the mutton pieces along with salt. Cook till the mutton is done.

4.In another pan, heat oil. Add mustrad seeds. when they start to splutter, add the onions, curry leaves and red chilli. Saute till the onions turn brown in colour.

5.Add the cubed potatoes and saute for a minute. Pour this into the mutton and stir well. Cook till the potatoes are done. If you want gravy, you may add a little water.

Mutton Masala

Ingredients

• Mutton - 1/2 kg
• Onion - 2 
• Tomato - 2 
• Chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Coriander powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/5 tsp
• Black Pepper - 1/3 tsp (freshly ground )
• Curry leaves - 2 strands
• Garlic - 4 to 5 cloves (chopped finely)
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece (chopped finely)

To Temper

• Cumin seeds - 1/5 tsp
• Cloves - 4 to 5
• Bay leaf - 1, crushed
• Cinnamon stick - 1, crushed
• Fennel seeds - 3/4 tsp
• Star anise - 2

Preparation

1. Wash the mutton with salt and keep aside. In a wide vessel, add 1 tsp oil and add the onions. When they are translucent, add in the chopped tomatoes.

2. Saute the onion and tomato nicely and grind the onion tomato to a coarse paste adding 1/2 cup of water and keep aside.

3.In a pressure cooker, add 2 tbsp oil and add the mutton pieces. Saute the mutton for a while. The mutton leaves out some water and at that time, add in the onion tomato paste.

4. Pressure cook the mutton with 1.5 cups of water and salt.When the pressure cools down, add in the chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder. Allow them to boil, till oil oozes out. Switch off the stove.

5. In a wide vessel, add 2 tsp of  oil and add the tempering items one by one. Add the finely chopped ginger and garlic. Fry them for a min. Add the curry leaves and fry it. Transfer the mutton gravy to this.

6. Add 1 cup of water and allow them to boil. Add the freshly ground black pepper.  Add  the coriander leaves and when the oil oozes out again, switch off the stove.