It has been a while
since I made mutton at home. As you already might know, lamb or mutton is a
very famous meat in Kerala. Most people are very enthusiastic about dishes
involving lamb. It is rich, soothing and just makes you happy at the end of the
meal. Christmas is a season to be jolly, and also eat, eat and eat! Be it an
authentic traditional spread or a creative fusion of dishes from different
parts of the world, Christmas always involves a lot of tasty delicacies, mutton
or lamb (in any form) being a constant on the menu.
Getting good quality
mutton is always an issue in Bangalore .
Best to buy it from a good store. Luckily for me, there is this beautiful cold
store called “New Frosty’s” that sells any kind of meat,
poultry and seafood under the sun! Hurray! So I bought some fresh tender mutton
from this store, expressly cut them into medium size pieces and put together
this dish… Fried onions to a golden brown to produce that slightly sweet and
caramelized flavour, paired it with fragrant and flavourful spices that takes
this dish to the next level. The flavour of lamb, onions and spices blends in
to make this exotic treat.
I got this recipe from
mariasmenu.com, Thank you Maria for this lovely dish. I love it because it
never goes wrong and is simply awesome.
Serve it up with hot
rotis, parathas, or plain rice and succumb to the magic it weaves.
Ingredients
Mutton (cut into
medium sized pieces) - 1 kg
Big Onion (finely
sliced) - 4
Ginger & Garlic
paste - 3 tsp each
Shallots/Small/Pearl
onion (coarsely crushed) - 6
Red Chilli powder - 1
1/2 tbsp (adjust as per spice tolerance)
Turmeric powder - 3/4
tsp
Garam masala - 1 1/2
tsp
Fennel (perumjeerakam)
powder - 1 tsp
Water - 1/4 to 1/2 cup
Salt
Oil (preferably
coconut oil)
Curry leaves
Method
Heat oil in a pressure
cooker and add sliced onions. Saut'e till onions turn golden brown. Add ginger
& garlic paste along with crushed shallots/small/pearl onions and curry
leaves and saut'e for a few minutes.
To roast the mutton,
transfer the curry to a non-stick pan and fry on a low flame till it is roasted
well. (roast till moist or dry as per your taste)
And here you have yet
another Christmas special, Spicy Mutton Roast, a dish packed full
of flavour and can be prepared in a jiffy. You might think this dish too
simple, but believe me it will be an instant hit! I guess sometimes the simple
things in life produce the best results.
Notes:
If the pressure cooker
is non-stick, you can do the roasting process in the cooker itself.
Do not add more than
1/2 cup water to cook the mutton.
If you want the
roasted mutton to be dry, do not retain any gravy after cooking the mutton, let
it evaporate completely.
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