Chettinad Mutton Varuval

Chettinad cuisine is most popular in southern part of india and in fact it has gained immensePopularity if you consider the sheer number of ' chettinad ' style restaurants in chennai. It's famous for spices and unique flavour. This is a common south indian dish you can found in any south indian restaurant. 

The chettinad mutton varuval is a  non - veg dish that cannot resist. I am not sure how far this recipe is authentic, pertaining the chettinad cuisine, as i blindly followed by my husband's sister for the recipe and method while it was getting done.

The secret of this dish which allows the spices to seep in the tender flesh making it delicious. It best match with the biryani and ghee rice.

Preparation time : 20 mins

Cooking time : 30 mins

Serve - 4 

INGREDIENTS : 

Mutton - 1/2 kg

Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp

Onion paste - 2 tsp

Tomatoes - 3 (chopped)

Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Salt - as needed

Coconut oil - as needed

Coriander leaves - few (chopped)

FOR FRYING AND GRINDING :

Dry red chilli - 10

Cashew - 8

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cinnamon - 2 small sticks

Cardamom - 1

Star anise - 2

Nutmeg - 1 

Poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp

Coconut oil - 1 1/2 tsp

METHOD :

• Wash and clean mutton and cut into small pieces and add it to the cooker along with 1 tbsp of salt.
• Whistled it for 6 and keep aside.
• Fry the frying items given under the lable " FOR FRYING AND GRINDING " and grind it into fine paste and keep it seperate.
• Heat a kadai add coconut oil, ginger garlic paste and onion paste and toss it well in the oil.
• And then add chopped tomatoes and fry till mushy.
• Then add in coriander powder and grinded masala and saute it well.
• Now add cooked mutton along with the water and add salt.
• Let it boiled for 10 mins, untill the oil seperate on the top.
• Atlast add chopped coriander leaves and serve it hot....

PICTORIAL :

Wash and cut the mutton into small pieces

Mutton to the cooker

Some water

Some salt

Whistled it for 6

Now it's ready set aside

Take your frying items

Add oil in a pan

Add in all spices

Fry them 

Grind it into paste

Take your ingredients

Add oil to your pan

When it heated

Add in onion paste

Ginger garlic paste

Chopped tomatoes

Coriander powder

Toss well in the oil 

Add in grinding paste and
 toss it in the oil for 5 mins

Now add cooked mutton 

Then add in salt

Leave it, untill the oil floated on the top

Now add in coriander leaves

The yummy varuval is ready 

Serve hot

Enjoyyyyyyy