Mutton Gravy recipe, a mixture of chopped onions, tomatoes, spices and herbs with meat chunks is also called Mutton curry or Mutton masala curry. It is famous all around the world and restaurants.
There are wide varieties of mutton gravy recipes such as Chettinad mutton curry, Kerala style mutton curry and so on. Here I have posted the basic Mutton gravy recipe that is suitable for breakfast and lunch.
How to get soft and tender meat?
Many may wonder how the mutton is so tender, soft and juicy in restaurants. There are a few pro tips to getting tenderized mutton gravy or mutton curry.
I have tried Mutton gravy so many times and found out that marinating the meat and choosing the meat type makes the curry tender and soft.
Try to get a young and soft lamb for making curry or biryani. That mutton pieces will be so soft and tender.
Before starting to cook the mutton, try to marinate the mutton with lemon juice or unsour curd. Overnight marination is always the best but if you have less time, then at least marinate them for 30 to one hour.
If you are planning to add grated coconut to the curry, then roast the coconut in a low to medium flame and turn it off when it turns aromatic. While roasting the coconut, you can also add dried red chillies for the spiciness instead of chilli powder.
These are the few tips to get soft mutton for mutton gravy. So try them and let me know how it turned out for you.
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Mutton Gravy – Mutton Curry
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
TO MAKE MUTTON GRAVY
- 350 grms Mutton
- 2 Large Onions (thinly sliced)
- 2 Tomatoes (thinly sliced)
- 1 tbsp Ginger – garlic paste
- 1 bowl Coconut paste
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tbsp Mutton Masala powder (Store bought)
- ½ tbsp Garam Masala Powder
- 2 tbsp Thick unsour curd
- Handful of coriander leaves
- Salt to taste
- 4 tbsp Coconut oil for cooking
- 1 tbsp Ghee
TO MAKE COCONUT PASTE
- 1 cup Grated coconut
- 2 tbsp Coriander powder
- 4 Dried red chillies
Instructions
TO MAKE COCONUT PASTE
- Heat a tbsp of oil in a pan and add red chillies. Roast them for a few mins.
- Then add grated coconut. Roast it until the coconut turns light golden brown on a low flame.
- Next, add coriander powder and roast it for a min. Keep all the ingredients aside and allow them to come to room temperature.
- Then grind it to a smooth paste and keep it aside.
TO MAKE MUTTON GRAVY
- Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker. Add chopped onions and saute them until they turn light golden brown.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and saute them until the raw smell goes off.
- Add in tomatoes. Saute until they turn mushy.
- Add in curd and coriander leaves. Saute them for two mins.
- Add spice powders and saute them until the raw smell goes off.
- Add washed mutton pieces and saute for a few mins. Season it with the required amount of salt.
- Add coconut paste and the necessary amount of water to get gravy consistency.
- Close the pressure cooker and cook for at least 6 to 8 whistles as per the choice of your mutton.
- Once the pressure is released, open the cooker and gently give it a mix.
- Serve hot.
Notes
- I have made it a bit spicy but you can adjust the spiciness according to your taste buds.
- Once opened the pressure cooker, check whether the mutton is cooked or not. If not, close the pressure cooker and cook until the meat cooks well.
- You can also use coconut milk instead of coconut paste. There you just add red chilli powder and coriander powder directly to the mutton.
PICTURE REPRESENTATION FOR MAKING MUTTON GRAVY RECIPE
TO MAKE COCONUT PASTE
Arrange all the ingredients together.
Heat a tbsp of oil in a pan and add red chillies. Roast them for a few mins.
Then add grated coconut. Roast it until the coconut turns light golden brown on a low flame.
Next, add coriander powder and roast it for a min. Keep all the ingredients aside and allow them to come to room temperature. Then grind it to a smooth paste and keep it aside.
TO MAKE MUTTON GRAVY
Arrange all the ingredients together.
Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker. Add in chopped onions and saute them until they turn light golden brown.
Add ginger-garlic paste. Saute them until the raw smell goes off.
Add in tomatoes. Saute until they turn mushy.
Add in curd and coriander leaves. Saute them for two mins.
Add spice powders and saute them until the raw smell goes off.
Add washed mutton pieces and saute for a few mins. Season it with the required amount of salt.
Add coconut paste and the necessary amount of water to get gravy consistency.
Close the pressure cooker and cook for at least 6 to 8 whistles as per the choice of your mutton.
Once the pressure is released, open the cooker and gently give it a mix.
Mutton gravy is ready to serve hot.
