Mutton Green Curry

Mutton Green Curry is a delicious thick mutton curry which tastes good with rice or rotis or appams. It is very easy to prepare and gets ready quite quickly.

This recipe is a part of my new recipe series which I call ‘Flavors of India’ wherein I have requested people I know from various regions of India to share authentic recipes from their cuisine. The credit for this recipe of Mutton Green Curry goes to my friend Preeti Farias-Fernandes. Thank you Preeti for this lip-smacking recipe.

Here is the step by step recipe of Mutton Green Curry

Serves: 3-4
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Marination Time: 1 hour
Cooking Time:  1/2 hour

Ingredients:

Mutton: 1 kg on the bone cut into small pieces
Curds: 1/2 cup
Lime: 1
Turmeric Powder: 1/4 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste: 2 tsp
Onions: 3 large
Green chilies: 5 (or more depending on spice tolerance)
coriander leaves with stems: 2 big bunches
Garlic: 1 full garlic with skin (15 garlic flakes)
ginger: 1 inch
cinnamon: 3 inches
cloves: 7
tomato: 1 large chopped
Ghee/oil: to fry

Method of Preparation:

1. Marinate the mutton in curds, lime juice, turmeric powder and ginger-garlic paste for at least 1 hour
2. Grind the coriander leaves, 2 onions, 2 inches cinnamon, 5 cloves, garlic, 4 green chilies to a fine paste with no water.

3. Fry 1 inch cinnamon and two cloves in ghee/oil
4. Fry 1 green chili till it turns white
5. Add 1 sliced onion and fry till slightly brown
6. Add chopped tomato and salt to taste.
7. Once tomato is very soft, add the ground paste and fry for a minute.
8. Add marinated mutton and mix well with the paste. Add 1/4 cup water, only if necessary.
9. Put on the pressure cooker weight and release once mutton is cooked.

Note: The gravy is thick. It tastes good with rice or rotis or appams. The recipe can be made with chicken also.

For the entire collection of mutton recipes on the blog, you can click here: Mutton Recipes

If you are looking for more such Mutton Curries, you can check them out here: Mutton Curries. For more Mangalorean recipes, you can click here: Mangalorean Cuisine.

Mutton Green Curry

Mutton Green Curry

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

50 mins

 

Mutton Green Curry is a delicious thick curry which tastes good with rice or rotis or appams.

Cuisine: Mangalorean

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

• Mutton: 1 kg on the bone cut into small pieces
• Curds: ½ cup
• Lime: 1
• Turmeric Powder: ¼ tsp
• Ginger Garlic Paste: 2 tsp
• Onions: 3 large
• Green chilies: 5 (or more depending on spice tolerance)
• coriander leaves with stems: 2 big bunches
• Garlic: 1 full garlic with skin (15 garlic flakes)
• ginger: 1 inch
• cinnamon: 3 inches
• cloves: 7
• tomato: 1 large chopped
• Ghee/oil: to fry

Instructions

1. Marinate the mutton in curds, lime juice, turmeric powder and ginger-garlic paste for at least 1 hour
2. Grind the coriander leaves, 2 onions, 2 inches cinnamon, 5 cloves, garlic, 4 green chilies to a fine paste with no water.
3. Fry 1 inch cinnamon and two cloves in ghee/oil
4. Fry 1 green chili till it turns white
5. Add 1 sliced onion and fry till slightly brown
6. Add chopped tomato and salt to taste.
7. Once tomato is very soft, add the ground paste and fry for a minute.
8. Add marinated mutton and mix well with the paste. Add ¼ cup water, only if necessary.
9. Put on the pressure cooker weight and release once mutton is cooked.

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