Spicy Mutton Curry
Our first ever Recipe contest went great and we really appreciate everybody for participating in it. We are now back to regular programming with this excellent Mutton Gravy recipe from my mother-in-law’s Kitchen. If you like spicy gravies with chapathis or parathas, then you have come to the right spot. This spicy mouth watering mutton dish will make a perfect companion to different dishes like chapathis, parathas, briyani or even dosas. The trick to getting this right is in the pressure cooking process where the mutton becomes really tender and juicy.
Ingredients:
- Mutton:500gm
- Onion : 2
- Tomatoes : 2
- Ginger& Garlic Paste : 3 tbsp
- Oil : 5 tbsp
- Cinnamon stick : 1 inch
- Cloves : 3
- Bay leaves : 2
- Fennel seeds : 1 tbsp
- Turmeric Powder: 1tsp
- Curry leaves : 6 to 8
- Red Chili Powder : 1/2 tbsp
- Coriander powder : 1 tbsp
- Black Pepper : 2 to 3 tbsp ( according to your spice level)
- Coriander leaves : few ( for garnishing)
Method Of Preparation:
- Heat 1/2 spoon oil in a pan add onions sautee till it becomes soft and translucent .
- Add tomatoes and fry them all together for about 5 minutes .
- Remove them from heat and let it cool for few minutes.
- Grind ’em into a smooth paste. Keep it aside.
- Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a pressure cooker, add the ground paste and fry it in the oil for 2 to 3 minutes.Then add the ginger & garlic paste .
- After the raw smell off ginger and garlic goes off, add the mutton and mix it all well. Fry the mutton with the masala for 5 to 8 minutes in medium flame.
- Now add the red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder , black pepper , salt and half cup of water into it.
- Stir it well so that all of the ingredients mix together and close the lid of the pressure cooker.
- Pressure cook it until the whistle goes off 4 times. After that remove from heat and keep it aside.
- Heat the remaining oil in a kadai/pan add cloves, cinnamon, bayleaves, fennel seedsand curry leaves. After the seeds sputter add the pressure cooked gravy in to it . Boil it for a few minutes or till it comes to complete boil.
- If the gravy is little watery leave it in a medium heat until it becomes a bit thick in consistency and remove from heat.
- Garnish it with coriander leaves.
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Looks too good!
WOW I have never ever seen such a DELICIOUS looking mutton dish.
Pity i don’t get mutton hee other wise i would have surley made them
That looks divine!!! Great looking gravy there. Thanks for posting!:)
The color of the dish itself is making me hungry.. wish i could eat it! and seems like an easy recipe too.
Wow that gravy looks delectable..I love this amount of gravy ina dish..good one
yummy yummy curry shriya
This one sure will rock in my house 🙂 so scruptious the curry! Thank you to share it
instead of mutton can i do this recipe with chicken .
instead of mutton can i do this recipe with chicken .
Wow! The mutton curry looks mouth-watering!
one of the most sinful looking gravies i have ever seen…. perfect color… too good.
Wow what a lovely and delicious looking curry.
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Gorgeous mutton gravy!! 🙂
It’s Wednesday morning 9:00am, planning to have one slice of wheat bread for breakfast and I see this. I am thinking malligai-poo idlis to go with this. This is officially classified as a torture-test for serious dieters. Not fair.
Thanks for your comment HappyCook , after a longtime am seeing you here. You can try this with chicken too.
Swetha sure you can try it with chicken.
Thanks a ton for your comments meeso, asha, aartee, cham, rachel,sagari,vani, swati,shibani and kalai.
Thanks for passing this award to us Uma.
Welcome To SpicyTasty Pedro, Idlis are perfect combination for this curry. I’d love to know if you withstood the torture test or if you gave into temptations.
I tried this over d weekend… DELICIOUS!!!!! I didn’t know whether to add 3 tbsp pepper powder or the whole black pepper itself.. so for a try, i added 3 tbsp, it turned out a little spicy, but went well with rasam n cucumber salad 🙂 Next time shall try with just two tbsp pepper powder :):) Great receipe 🙂
looks interesting, thats some reverse cooking.
Looks mouth watering! i’ve never seen
(in any blog)such a nice picture like urs.Next week i’m gonna try, let’s see if my curry will look like urs.
Wow. The picture lookeed awesome so I had to try it today.
Ran into the following problems:
1) I used two small onions but the first step calls for 1/2tbsp oil and it was really really dry. So rescued it with some more oil.
2) Did not know how much salt to put since the recipe doesnt specify. So I added just 1/2 tsp and it wasnt enough so added more later.
3) Recipe says 3 tbsp of ginger and garlic paste, so I added 1.5tbsp of each. Hopefully that was the correct amount.
4) In step 10, I had to use more oil otherwise it was very dry and the fennel seeds were not popping.
However, in the end the curry turned out to be great!
Thanks for the recipe. I will be definitely making it again..
Hey Shriya,
I tried your dish. That was awesome! You rock. Pls keep sharing your dishes. raj212 at gmail
Regards,
Raj
i cooked it, very delicious.
hats of to u. pls mail me any good dishes u know
thanks
Hi
Today we made this curry and it just turned out to be GREEAAT…The kids normally dont eat somethign so spicy…but there is something about the whole combination which was just delicious and they really enjoyed it…
Thanks for a this….we are going to try all your dishes
Also, do we need to tenderize or aminate the meat at all?
currently making it; will let you know how it pans out.
A bit reluctant on using that much fennel. Never cooked with those seeds before.
i just did it today.and must say its simply awesome….taste very much like manglorean mutton curry
I followed it step by step and the curry tastes exquisite.
It’s difficult to get mutton here in U.K., but after long time I found some and luckily cooked it following your receipe.
Thanks so much for this receipie.
Hey sanjiv,
I am really glad that you liked the recipe and it came out gud. Thanks for your comment.
I followed the recipe step by step and curry tastes really good. I did however use only 2 tbsp pepper as I felt 3 was little too much plus the previous reply by Nisha helped. I will make it next again but I will leave out the fennel seeds because biting into them in between didn’t really feel good.
curry tastes really good. I did however use only 2 tbsp pepper as I felt 3 was little too much plus the previous reply by Nisha helped. I will make it next again but I will leave out the fennel seeds because biting into them in between didn’t really feel good.
Mouthwaterin!!! Gonna try it out in sometime…
Hi This looks really good as does the site. I do not have a pressure cooker, so how can I do this without one. I can also get lamb, which is not as tasty but will do I guess.
Thanks I have been looking for decent curry recipes ever since I left London and moved to Northern Ireland. Great great site
You can cook this curry with lamb and if you don’t have pressure cooker no worries, just steam cook it with all the ingredients I’ve mentioned until the lamb becomes tender and soft after that just follow the remaining steps.
Hi Shriya,
Thabks for the recipe.I am a pure vegetarian and my husband loves mutton curry.He says this was by far the best curries he has eaten.I just had a problem that after cooking in pressure cooker for 4 whistles the mutton become hard and rubbery.Is it becoz it was over cooked or undercooked?I would be glad if u answer this query so i can make it again.
Regards
Sonal
hello..am going to try this tomorrow
just wanted to know if the black pepper used is powder or seeds??
thx
Hi Shriya,
Thanks for the recipe.I am glad that finally I have got a good recipe of mutton curry.
Shriya A late Thanks for tip on Lamb and pressure cooker. I lost website and it took me while to find it again.
this recipe came out very well…thanks a lot…
Hi
Today I made this curry and it just turned out to be excellent…
Thanks!!
I tried this dish and it turned out really well!
The movement i read this Dish it was on my cooking menu…. Thanks a Lot!!! This Dish is very simple and very tasty!!! Congratulations once again to you and your Mother In-Law….. She must be a awesome cook!!!
I tried this dish on Saturday, cooked mutton for the first time in my life, and my husband, who is from Hyderabad, LOVED it and said it was one of the best lamb curries, if not the best that he has ever eaten (and he has eaten many, many lamb curries). This is a FANTASTIC recipe. So simple.
My only variation was to reduce the oil to almost 1 teaspoon total. I also reduced the black and red pepper (because I am wimpy) and cooked the lamb in a regular covered pan (which is very air tight) and never open it, so it gives the effect of using a pressure cooker. I’m not skilled with the pressure cooker, so I found it easier to just let it simmer on a low-medium heat for about 35 minutes. This is an amazing recipe. My husband said to me afterwords; “did you print the recipe? Make sure you don’t lose it!”
Hi Shriya – This recipe looks so good in the pics. My in laws are visiting from india, and I have just started making it. I will post a review after we’re done this afternoon. Thanks in advance.
This is a great restaurant style mutton curry recipe. Grinding the onions and tomatoes gives it a nice thick gravy. I added some slit green chillies as I was after a particular flavour. Definitely one for my recipe book. In Laws and wife loved it. Thanks a lot Shriya.
I love spicy food and this seems to really tasty
Its Realy Yumm… I have Never eat this type of curry before
hi i have tried it at my home its tooooooooooooooooooo goods. even my friend who is chef, has liked very much. thanks a lot for it.bye
i m little late to respond..but this curry is awesome..everyone loved it..
yes, I tried this recipe. The only difference was that I marinated goat meat overnight (used yougurt, garlic, ginger, salt, red pepper and a spoon of lime). The curry preparation was extremely good. The meat was very tender and tasty. I will try this again.
Making this dish now the aroma is amazing make me feel i’m in a restaurant…Can’t wait for dinner..I skipped the pressure cooker and is allowing it to simmer slowly.
I tried this curry, I got very good aprisel from my dad, i am soo happy, shriya thanks for thelling such a wonderful, mouthwattering & delicous mutton curry 🙂
Vah Shreya lovely dish , last night we bachelors ate a lovely dish, every one praising me, but all the credit goes to you buddy. Thanks…….