Mutton Chops

A word of warning:- This is a tomato based mutton gravy. You will like this dish only if you love tomato.
Ingredients:-
Mutton – 500 grams, cut into bite size pieces & washed with water & vinegar
Ginger paste – 1 tbsp
Garlic paste – 1 tbsp
Shallots – 5 numbers, ground to a paste
Onion – 2 big , finely chopped
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder – 1 tbsp
Garam masala powder – 3/4 tsp
Fennel seeds powder – 1/2 tsp
Tomato – 2 medium, pureed
Coconut oil – 2 tbsp
Salt – 1 tsp to start with
Curry leaf – 2 sprigs
Method:-
Heat the coconut oil & saute the ginger, garlic & shallot paste.
Add the finely chopped onions & curry leaves; fry till the onions turn golden brown in color. Add all the spice powders & fry on low heat for 1-2 minutes.
Throw in the mutton pieces & salt, fry on medium high heat for 5 minutes. Add the tomato puree & cook again for 7 minutes/ till oil starts to seperate.
Add 11/2 cups of water & bring to a boil, check for salt & add more if needed.
Transfer the mixture to a pressure cooker & cook on medium heat for 20 minutes/ till the meat is tender.
This gravy tastes great with Roti, paratha & porotta.

Mutton Cooker Roast

           

Ingredients:-
Mutton -500 grams
Coconut oil – 2 tbsp
Onion – 2 medium,thinly sliced+ 1 small, thinly sliced
Garlic- 5 big cloves, chopped
Ginger – 1″piece, julienned
Greenchilly -1 number, slit
Curry leaves – a few
Coriander powder -1 tbsp
Kashmiri chilly powder – 1 tbsp
Pepper powder – 1 tsp
Garam masala powder – 3/4 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
Thin coconut milk – 1 cup /use 1 cup of water + 1 heaping tbsp of coconut milk powder
Method:-
Heat oil & add the sliced onions, slit greenchilly, the chopped garlic cloves &the julienned ginger. Saute till the onion turns golden brown in color. Add all the masala powders & fry for a minute on low heat.
Throw in the tomato slices, mutton pieces & salt, fry for 10 minutes on medium high heat. Add 1 cup of water, coconut milk powder, eniough salt & transfer the mutton masala mixture to your pressure cooker. Simmer for15 minutes after the first whistle. Open the cooker & cook till the meat is coated well with the masala.
Heat oil & add a few curry leaves. Add the masala coated meat & fry for 10 minutes. Finally add 1 small thinly sliced onion & remove from heat.