Mutton Curry

Mutton curry is a very delicious recipe. It is very easy to cook. This is a Bengali recipe. Cook it in your home and serve it with plain rice in Sunday’s lunch and enjoy.

Mutton Curry

Ingredients

• Mutton (1 kg)
• Potatoes (3 to 4 medium size, peel and cut into half)
• Onion (4 large size chopped) 
• Garlic paste (1 tbsp)
• Ginger paste (2 tsp)
• Cumin powder (1 tsp) 
• Turmeric Powder
• Chili Powder (2 tsp) 
• Garam Masala Powder (1/2 tsp)
• Yogurt or Hung Curd (1/4 cup)
• Mustard Oil (1/2 cup)
• Salt
• Sugar (1/2 tsp)
• Raw Papaya Paste (1 tbsp) (optional but works as meat tenderizer)
• Cloves (5 to 6)
• Cinnamon Stick (1 inch)
• Green Cardamom (2 to 3)

Instructions

1. Wash the mutton pieces and soak excess water with tissue or kitchen towels.
2. Add yogurt or hung curd, ginger & garlic paste, chili powder, salt and mustard oil, papaya paste to the chicken. And keep it in the fridge for marinate for 6 to 8 hours. 
3. Add little salt and turmeric powder to the potatoes and keep aside.
4. Soak the Cumin Powder in 2 to 3 tbsp of water.
5. Heat the oil in a large pan and add the potato pieces and fry till golden colour and keep them separately. 
6. Then add cloves, cinnamon stick and green cardamom to the heat oil and let it sizzle for few seconds.
7. After that add the chopped onion, a pinch of salt and sugar and fry it On medium flame for 10 to 12 minutes till brown in colour. 
8. Then add ginger and garlic paste and cook till oil separates at the side.
9. Then add cumin powder, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and cook again for 5 to 6 minutes. 
10. Now add the marinated mutton. Stir and cook well on medium flame until oil separate from the mutton pieces. 
11. After that add 3 to 4 cups of warm water, fried potatoes and required salt and mix it.
12. Then cover the pan with tight fitting lid and keep them on medium flame and cook for 1 or 1 ½ hours till meat turn soft (you can add more warm water to adjust thickness).  
13. At last sprinkle the garam masala powder and remove it from stove.
14. Serve it with plain rice.