Recipe of Spicy Mutton Curry - Oriya Style

Ingredients

1 table spoon black whole pepper

4 cardamom pods

Chopped coriander

1 cinnamon stick

1 tablespoon coriander powder

1 tablespoon cumin powder

1 tablespoon Garam masala

1 tablespoon garlic paste

1 tablespoon ginger paste

500gms Mutton/ lamb cut into pieces

2 large onions paste

2 large potatoes cut into big chunks

3 red chilly

Salt to taste

2 tomatoes cut into pieces

1 tablespn turmeric

4 table spoon Vegetable oil/mustard oil

½ cup fresh yogurt

Method

 

• Wash and clean the mutton.
• Marinate it with yogurt, 1/4^th spoon chilli paste and salt for over night in the fridge.
• Make a paste of onion and red chilly.
• Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan.
• Fry the cut potatoes till golden brown and keep aside.
• To the oil, add slightly crushed pepper, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon. when they start spluttering, add the onion paste, sauté till the onion is done and it does not have raw smell.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and sauté till the tomatoes are blended well.
• Add the dry masala and salt excluding the garam masala.
• When the masala is cooked thoroughly add potatoes and marinated mutton pieces (drain the excess liquid from the mariantion).
• Keep stirring it on medium fire for approx ten mins.
• Keep sprinkling water so that the masala doesn’t stick to the pan .
• Finally add 2/3 cup of water and cover with a lid that’s fits well .
• Cook on a slow fire for approx 45 mins.
• Keep checking in between and stirring occasionally so that it doesn’t get dry. Add more warm water if the gravy gets more dry.
• Finally check if the mutton is well cooked and add the Garam masala and chopped coriander(optional).

TIPS: If the meat is tough, just add ground raw papaya paste to the marinated meat just couple of hours before cooking.