Mutton Kuruma Easy
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
- 1/2 kg Mutton
- 1/4 cup Oil
- 3 small Cinnamon (Karugapatta)
- 6 nos Cloves (Grambu)
- 3 nos Cardamom (Elakka)
- 1/2 cup Onions chopped length-wise
- 1 tsp Ginger chopped length-wise
- 12 nos Garlic cloves
- 4 nos Green chillies
- 2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Chilly powder
- 1/4 cup Curd not sour
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- 1 tsp Coriander leaves — chopped
- 3 Leaves Mint leaves Pudhina
- 1/2 cup Coconut Milk
- 1 tsp All purpose flour Maida
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
Mix together coriander powder and chilly powder with water and set aside.
Step 2
Warm the oil in a pan.
Step 3
Add onions and fry till, they turn brown.
Step 4
Add cinnamon sticks, cloves and cardamom pods and give it a good stir.
Step 5
Add ginger, garlic and green chillies and give it a good stir.
Step 6
Keep this mixture aside.
Step 7
Heat some more oil in the same pan.
Step 8
Cook the chilly-coriander powders mixed with water.
Step 9
Add the mutton pieces, curd, salt along with enough boiled water and cook well.
Step 10
When mutton is almost cooked, add the kept aside mixture along with lemon juice, coriander leaves and mint leaves.
Step 11
Mix the maida in milk and add to the curry, when mutton is fully cooked.
Step 12
Stir everything together thoroughly. Serve hot.
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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