Chettinad Mutton Curry Recipe

Chettinad Mutton Curry Recipe



 

Chettinad Mutton Curry Ingredients: • 1 kg Mutton • 100 g Shallots (Kunjulli) • 1 piece Ginger • 5-8 Garlic Pods • 2 pieces Cinnamon (Karugapatta) • 4 Cloves (Grambu) • ½ tsp Cumin Seeds (Jeerakam) • ½ tsp Fennel Seeds (Perinjeerakam) • Few Pepper Corns (Kurumulaku) • 2 tsp Chilly Powder • 2 tsp Coriander Powder • Salt (to taste) • ¼ cup Oil • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder • 2 Onions (large, finely chopped) • ½ tsp Mustard Seeds • 1 sprig Curry Leaves • 2 Tomatoes (sliced) How to make Chettinad Mutton Curry: • Wash the mutton well and cut into medium-sized pieces. • Put shallots, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, cloves, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, pepper corns, chili powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder in a jar and grind them to a coarse paste. • Use the above paste along with salt to marinate the mutton and keep it aside for about 30 minutes. • Heat one tablespoon of oil in a cooker and add the marinated mutton. • Pressure cook the mutton up to 4 whistles. • Take a pan or kadai and heat oil in it. • Add mustard seeds and let them splutter. • Add curry leaves, chopped onions and sauté well until they turn golden brown. • Next, add in the chopped tomatoes and stir well until they turn tender. • Add the mutton and cook until the oil separates from the curry.