Mutton Red Curry
A traditional recipe of a spicy mutton curry cooked in a special blend of spices along with toasted coconut served hot with pulao or naan.
Servings 5
Ingredients
- 1 kilogram mutton with bones or boneless cut into medium size
- 2 medium onions
- 2 small tomatoes
- 2 tbsp ginger & garlic paste
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 7 tbsp desiccated coconut dry coconut powder
- ½ chopped coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 5 tbsp cooking oil
For Red Spice (Dry roast & grind to a fine powder)
- 8 dry red chilies
- 1 ½ tbsp whole coriander
- 2 tsp whole cumin
- 2 tsp fennel seeds badi saunf
- 1 tsp whole peppercorns
- 5 cardamom
- 5 cloves
- 2 pieces stick of cinnamon 1 inch each
Instructions
- Dry roast all the ingredients of red spice powder and grind to a fine powder.
- In a pan, dry roast desiccated coconut on slow flame till it changes into light golden color. Keep a close eye on it as the coconut burns very fast. So keep stirring constantly while roasting. Grind the roasted coconut powder to a fine paste till the oil appears on the surface.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker and saute onion till soft and pink. Then add 2 tbsp of ginger & garlic paste and cook for 1 minute followed by chopped tomatoes. Cook till tomatoes melt and are well combined.
- Now add mutton pieces and stir well. Cook on high heat for few seconds. Add salt and turmeric powder. Cook the mutton till almost done. Do not overcook the mutton as it has to be cooked again with spices.
- Turn off the heat and release the pressure from the cooker.
- Then add the red spice powder and the roasted coconut paste to the mutton. Also add 1 cup of water or as required, stir well and cook on low flame for another 10 to 15 minutes or till the mutton is fully cooked.
- Finally add coriander leaves and lemon juice. Check the salt and adjust accordingly.
- Serve hot with rice.
Notes
Note: In case if you do not have whole red chilies, then add 2 tbsp of red chili powder to the red spice after grinding. The consistency of this curry has to be thin, so add the required amount of water as needed.