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Based on the tenderness of the meat, you can either choose marination or direct cooking.
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Our version of cooking is direct cooking, we didn’t even use a pressure cooker to cook this recipe.
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First dry roast spices, add cinnamon sticks, green cardamoms, cloves and cashew on a pan and roast till you feel the aroma of the spices.
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Make sure roasting of spices is done on low flame and is transferred to another plate immediately once they are roasted.
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In a pan add 3-4 tbsp. oil and fry onions to golden brown colour and make a paste of it once cooled. Keep aside.
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Clean mutton pieces with water and keep aside.
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Add little oil in a pan and put bay leaf, sauté for a second and add mutton pieces.
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As meat takes time to cook, put a little salt and turmeric powder, mix and cook for 5 minutes with lid covered.
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Meanwhile, make a coarse powder of dry roasted spices and add tomatoes to make a soft paste.
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Add tomato paste, onion paste, ginger-garlic paste and mix well.
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Sprinkle coriander powder, red chilli powder and 500 ml. water and mix well.
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As mutton takes time to cook, cover the pan with a lid and cook for 10-15 minutes till pieces turn soft.
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Check the pieces, if needed cook for more time or else garnish Mutton Curry with mint and coriander leaves and serve hot.