Friday, December 18, 2015

First Class Railway Mutton Curry


The story goes that this mutton curry recipe is served in all first class compartments on indian trains... Regardless, this is a first class curry....The story behind this curry is that an english army officer became ravenously hungry while travelling in a train.. He followed his nose to the pantry car where a spicy mutton curry was simmering....


He was offered a taste, where he burnt his tongue because of the spices.. The helpful cook the heat with some coconut milk and served it up.. But i use less spices without coconut or coconut milk.... From that day on, this curry has been served on all first class compartments of indian trains..... It is an amazing meat curry, delicious, having distinctive flavours of its whole spices.... 



So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you....




Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : 30 to 35 mins
Recipe cuisine - Indian
Recipe category : Sidedish or Main dish....

INGREDIENTS :

Mutton / Lamb - 500 grams
Coconut oil - 4 tbspn
Onion - 1 (big chopped)
Tomato - 3 (chopped)
Green chilli - 5 (slit)
Curd - 1 cup
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tspn
Coriander leaves - few (chopped)
Salt - as needed

SPICES POWDER :

Kashmiri chilli powder - 2 tspn (if using normal chilli powder, use less)
Coriander leaves - 2 tbspn
Turmeric powder - 1 tspn
Garam masala powder - 2 tbspn
Cumin powder - 1/4 tspn

TO TEMPER :

Fennel seeds - 1 tspn
Cinnamon sticks - 2 big
Cardamom - 2
Cloves - 2
Dry chilli - 3 (broken)
Curry leaves - few

METHOD :

  • Heat oil in a pressure cooker.. Add in tempering items given in the list "TO TEMPER" toss it for 1 mins...
  • Add in chopped onions, toss along with the tempering items..
  • When it became transparent add in all spices powder given in the list " SPICES POWDER" and salt..
  • Mix well for 30 sec and add in chopped tomatoes and toss it evenly..
  • When it turn little mushy add in mutton pieces and curd.. and toss well with the masala..
  • Keep tossing till the masala coats the mutton pieces and the mutton gets little dark brown in colour..
  • Keep it low flame for 7 mins and add in chopped coriander leaves..
  • Now add in very little water, say around a cup.. 
  • Cover it and pressure cook for 4 whistle, simmer the pan for 15 mins..
  • Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself..
  • When the mutton is done, open it and simmer for another 10 mins till it became thick...
  • Serve it with rice or anything you like...


PICTORIAL :


 Take your ingredients
 In a cooker add oil and whole spices
 Now add in chilli and curry leaves
 Add in onion and toss well till transparent
 Now add in whole spice powder and salt
 Toss well and add in chopped tomatoes
 Keep it low flame
 When it mushy
 Add in mutton pieces
 Add in curd
 Mix well 
 Kep it low flame
 Now the mutton coated well with the masala
 Add some chopped coriander leaves
 Toss well
 Add in little amount of water
 Give a mix
Now whistle it for 4
 When it's done, mix it and keep it low flame
Till the oil floats on the top..
 Transfer it into a serving bowl
 Wow done
Enjoy..

11 comments:

  1. Hi there. I'm jus trying making this now but your method doesn't say when to add the green chillies and the garlic and ginger paste????

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    1. Hi Nicole, generally the ginger garlic paste is added right after the onion turns translucent. You can add the green chillies along with your Onions.

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  2. Mutton curry recipe is helpful for non-vegetarian people. We are providing only vegetarian Tiffin food delivery in Jaipur. You can place your bulk tiffin order for any business event , birthday , anniversary event in Jaipur.

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  3. Amazing and Authentic recipe mutton curry, its very tasty and we enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us. I recommend it for everyone to try it atleast once.

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  5. What does Now whistle it for 4 mean....?
    I’m new to Indian cooking

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  6. Tried this curry and it was awesome!

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  7. this recipe looks delicious but what is the ingredient called curd?

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  8. Tried this recipe but with chicken and it was irrestible

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