My Mutton Curry Recipe

I have been cooking mutton using this recipe my whole life. This is a generic Indian curry recipe not the original one. I learned from a friend many years ago. Curry is quite a complicated dish to cook, the secret to a successful curry is to never cook curry in a high heat. Always use low flame. Also always choose tender young and fresh meat with a little bone, this is the key to a juicy mouth watering curry. 

Recipe type : Main dish, dinner or lunch

Cuisine : Indian

Yield / Serves : 6

Prep time : 1 hour

Ingredients :Item A Cooking oil - 2 tbsp

Item B

Mutton - 1 kg, chopped into 2-inch cube

Item C Onion - 2 nos

Garlic - 2 nos

Ginger - 1 tsp, chopped

Curry leaves - 2 springs

Tomato - 2, cut into 1-inch dice

Item D - Spices

Cinnamon stick - 2-inch, chubby

Star anise - 4 nos

Cardamon - 6 nos

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Cloves - 6 nos

In a bowl add 2 tbsp water add 1 tbsp meat curry powder + 2 tbsp red chili powder

Item E 

Water - 2 cups

Item F - Sauce

Tomato puree - 3 tbsp

Tamarind juice - 1/2 cup

Shrimp paste - 1 tbsp

Salt - 1 tsp

Item G

Potato - 2 nos, chopped 

Carrot - 1 cup, chopped

Item H- Garnish

Coriander leaves - 2 springs

Method:

1. Heat a pot and add cooking oil until the oil become fragrant.

2. Add Item B, saute for 3 minutes in a low flame. Cover the lid for 3 minutes. Lower the fame as much as possible.

3. Add Item C, saute for 2 minutes and cover the lid for 1 minute. Add item D, stir until the raw smell goes away.

3. Add mutton, stir constantly for 3 minutes until the oil cover the mutton. Cover the lid for 5 minutes.

4. Add water and leave to simmer for 20 minutes. Cover the lid. 

5. Add Item F and G. Stir evenly, make sure there is nothing burn at the bottom of the pot. Close the lid and leave for 10 minutes. Add coriander and turn of the stove.

6. Serve with rice, roti or paratha.