Mutton Curry

Recipe type: Side dish

Cuisine: Kerala

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 30 mins

Total time: 40 mins

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

• Mutton - ½ kg, cut into medium size pieces

To roast and grind

• Coconut - ¾ cup
• Whole coriander (kothamalli)- 1 tbsp
• Dry red chilli - 4
• Whole black pepper - 1¼ tsp
• Fennel seeds (perumjeerakam) - ½ tsp
• Cloves - 3
• Cinnamon - a small piece
• Pearl/Small onion - 3, sliced
• Curry leaves - 6

For masala

• Onion - 3 medium-big, sliced
• Crushed/grated ginger and garlic - 1½ tsp each
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Tomato - 1 medium -big, sliced
• Salt
• Oil - I used coconut oil

To temper

• Pearl/small onion - 4, sliced
• Curry leaves
• Pepper powder - ½ tsp 
• Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a pan and add coconut, whole coriander, dry red chilli, whole black pepper, cloves, cinnamon, pearl onion, fennel seeds, curry leaves. Fry till the coconut turns golden brown. Remove from fire and let it cool. Grind the same without adding water. Keep it aside.
2. Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add sliced onions. When it turns golden brown, add ginger and garlic. Cook till the raw smell goes, around 2-4 mins. 
3. Add chilli powder and cook for 2-3 mins. 
4. Add sliced tomato, salt and cook till it turns soft. 
5. Add cleaned mutton pieces and mix well. 
6. Add 2 cups of hot water and pressure cook till the mutton is done. 
7. Add ¼ - ½ cup of hot water to the ground masala. Mix well. Add it to the cooked mutton and cook on low flame for 5-10 mins. Remove from fire.
8. Heat oil in a pan and add sliced pearl/small onion, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Fry till the onions turn golden brown. Switch off the gas and add pepper powder . Add this to the curry and mix well.
9. Serve hot with rice/chapthi/pathiri etc;

Note:

You can substitute with egg or chicken instead of mutton.

When you are trying with egg, no need to do pressure cooker. Anyways i will share the recipe in detail later.