Garlic Mutton
Tender pieces of mutton cooked low and slow with a generous blend of Kerala spices. The gravy thickens as the meat cooks, and the flavour deepens with every passing minute.
Ingredientsfor 4 servings
- 1 kg Mutton
- 1/2 cup Garlic
- 2 tsp Chilly powder
- 2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/8 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam)
- 2 pinch Aniseed (Perinjeerakam)
- 1 tsp Ginger
- 1/2 tsp Pepper powder
- 12 nos Cloves (Grambu)
- 2" piece Cinnamon (Karugapatta)
- 2 nos Cardamom (Elakka)
- 2 cup Onion — chopped
- 1 cup Tomato — chopped
- 1/2 cup Coconut milk
- 2 pinch Sugar
- Salt, to taste
- Oil
Preparation
Step 1
Grind together chilly powder, coriander powder, cumin seeds, aniseeds, chopped ginger, cloves, cinnamon and cardamom properly.
Step 2
Add salt and mix this paste with mutton and set aside for 3 hours.
Step 3
Warm the oil in a pan.
Step 4
Add turmeric powder.
Step 5
Add 1 cup of chopped onions and fry, until it becomes golden brown.
Step 6
Remove the onions from oil.
Step 7
Add the remaining 1 cup of onion and tomato into the oil and fry it.
Step 8
Add sugar.
Step 9
Add mutton and stir for sometime.
Step 10
Add some hot water and cook well.
Step 11
Add coconut milk.
Step 12
Remove from the stove.
Step 13
Cook the garlic in steam and fry in oil.
Step 14
Add this to the mutton, before serving.
Step 15
Garnish with fried onions.
Tip
Low and slow is the only way with mutton. Rushing the cooking gives you tough, chewy meat instead of fork-tender pieces.
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