Ammachi's Authentic Mutton Curry

Ingredients

Mutton - 1/2 kg
Turmeric Pwd - 1/4 ts
Coriander Leaves for garnish
Salt for taste

Roast and Grind

Oil - 1 ts
Cardamon - 3
KasKas/Poppy seeds - 1 ts
Fennel Seeds - 1 ts
Peeled Pearl Onion/Shallots - 30 nos or chopped Big onion - 1 no
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Garlic - 10 pods
Curry Leaves - 1 twig
Red Chilli Pwd - 1 ts
Coriander powder - 3 ts
Almond - 15 nos or Coconut - 4 ts
Hot water - 1/4 cup for soaking the almonds
Salt - 1/4 ts

Tempering

Oil - 1 ts
Fennel seeds - 1/2 ts
Curry Leaves - 2 twig
Red Chilli - 2 nos
Onion - 1 Small finely Chopped

Method

1. First soak the almond in hot water for 5mins and peel the skin off.

2. Chop the pearl onion,garlic,ginger and in a pan add a ts of oil and roast the items sequentially as given in the ROAST AND GRIND LIST, once it is cooled grind to a fine paste.

3. Apply the turmeric pwd to the mutton and in a thick bottomed vessel add little oil and saute the mutton for 4 to 5 mins.

4. Add the masala paste to the mutton and add a cup of hotwater and close the lid, let the mutton cook in medium flame, check in between till the mutton is fully cooked. It might take nearly 40 to 50 mins to fully cook.

5. Once it is cooked in a separate pan add a ts of oil and add the tempering items as per the order given above. Add to the mutton curry and garnish with more coriander leaves.

Enjoy with white rice or chapati