Mutton Curry- Sunday Feast

This one is my all time favourite- Mutton curry cooked at home! Sluurrpp!!

As a kid, my memories of Sunday still lingers on..my uncle would go to the butcher early in the morning to get the best produce of the day..around 11am, that smell of mutton roasting in the slow cooker whiffed in the air and almost in everybody's house around my neighborhood followed the tradition of cooking mutton..it was like soul-healing frm the weekdays busy schedule.

 My mum never let the cook make mutton..she was proud of her recipe and thought nobody could replicate it..but like they say- legacy must pass on & this classic dish is untouched with my twist or i rather not dare! 

Ingredients:

• Mutton- 1kg curry cut
• Onions- 5-6 sliced thinly
• Ginger Garlic paste- 3-4tsp
• Bay leaf- 2 no

• Black cardamom- 2 no
• Cinnamon stick-1 large no
• Green chillies- 2 no slit half
• Coriander powder- 4 tsp
• Cumin powder- 2 tsp
• Tumeric powder- 1 tsp
• Red chilly/paprika powder-2 tsp
• A little pinch of sugar
• Garam masala powder-1 tsp 
• Salt
• Vegetable oil to cook

Method:

Cooking for me is not methodical, it should be therapeutic. I usually cook without any measurements..cook with your senses and trust me then the food will taste soulful!

To get you started, heat oil in a heavy bottom pan, put the whole spices, green chillies & then the aromatics ie; the onions & ginger garlic paste and fry till you get tht lovely reddish color on the onions. Now put the mutton, put all the ground spices one after the other (any order would not make a difference) Season with salt and cook till you think the mutton is done. At this stage, you could also transfer the mutton to a pressure cooker for 15-20 mins on low flame. No garnishings required for this dish cos i love it just as it is!! Savour it with steamed rice.

Try it on a sunday and don't blame me if your Sunday siesta extends till your tea time! Till you cook & try it..

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Cheers!!