Hi Guys,
How was your weekend? We had a party at our home last weekend. Today I will be sharing a recipe of mutton. Who does not like mutton on the weekends? Mutton is the star dish for special Sundays. Till now, this is my first mutton recipe in Comfort Saveur. This recipe is primarily developed by my mother-in-law. Speaking of mutton, what comes to our mind is rich and flavored gravy with many spices. Unlike the rich mutton gravies, this one is less spicy. But it is flavorful. Every one of our family loves this dish. And it is the easiest of all. As I named the dish as Buttery Mutton, one can easily guess that it is prepared with butter. This is one of the comfort food for the weekend. Bengalis can easily associate the Sunday comfort in this dish. I know mutton plus butter may seem extra workout in the weekdays. That's why you don't indulge in this dish in the weekdays. Keep this one for weekends. Also, it is indeed less spicy compared to other regular mutton dishes. But trust me, the simplicity of the preparation of this dish will make many of your weekends special. Let's start the cooking.
Recipe yield 8 servings
2. Add the clean mutton pieces, the paste from the blender, salt, sugar, turmeric powder, yogurt and 1 bay leaf in a mixing bowl. Mix it nicely with clean hands. Keep it covered in the fridge. Let the
mutton marinate for 4 hours. Overnight will give best results.
3. Slice the remaining onion. Add white oil In a large pan. Heat it. When the oil is hot, fry the onion slices. Fry them till they become golden brown and soft. Take them out in a small plate.
4. In that pan, add one more tbsp of white oil and fry the potato cubes till they are golden brown. Sprinkle some salt on those and mix it. Cover it with lid and fry for 2 minutes. The potatoes should not be completely soft. They will be cooked again in the gravy.
5. In the same large pan, heat 2 tbsp of butter. When the butter has melted, add the whole garam masala (cardamom, cloves and cinnamon stick) and 2 bay leaves. When they start to sizzle and a nice aroma appears, add the marinated mutton.
6. Mix it nicely by stirring continuously. Cover the lid and cook it in medium heat. Check in between and give a good stir. It should not get burnt in the bottom. Add the fried onion slices and mix it nicely. The whole process of cooking with medium-low heat should take 40 minutes. You may not add water in the whole process. But if it is getting dry, you can add little water.
7. Once the oil is getting separated from the pan check if the mutton is soft enough. Now at this point add the potatoes and give a good stir. Add 1 cup of hot water in the pan and mix it.
Check the salt and sugar. And adjust the salt and sugar. Add two slit green chilies. Cover the lid and continue cooking for 10 minutes in medium heat.
8. After 10 minutes check the mutton. The mutton should fall off and easy to tear off. And the potatoes should be soft enough. Stop the heat.
9. In a small frying pan melt the butter and add the crushed black pepper. Add this butter black pepper mixture into the mutton gravy. Give a good mix. And it is ready to serve.
Serve this mutton with white basmati rice and a wedge of lemon. You don’t need any more sides for the Sunday lunch. This mutton will melt in your mouth and the butter flavor will stick in your sense of palate. The whole process is little time consuming but your house will be filled with the nice aroma of mutton. You can definitely pressure cook this mutton. But I would recommend you to slow cook this recipe and enjoy your weekend with the comfort mutton gravy. There is no haste in the weekend and so relax and try this recipe. Do comment if you have any questions regarding the process.
Thanks,
Moumita
How was your weekend? We had a party at our home last weekend. Today I will be sharing a recipe of mutton. Who does not like mutton on the weekends? Mutton is the star dish for special Sundays. Till now, this is my first mutton recipe in Comfort Saveur. This recipe is primarily developed by my mother-in-law. Speaking of mutton, what comes to our mind is rich and flavored gravy with many spices. Unlike the rich mutton gravies, this one is less spicy. But it is flavorful. Every one of our family loves this dish. And it is the easiest of all. As I named the dish as Buttery Mutton, one can easily guess that it is prepared with butter. This is one of the comfort food for the weekend. Bengalis can easily associate the Sunday comfort in this dish. I know mutton plus butter may seem extra workout in the weekdays. That's why you don't indulge in this dish in the weekdays. Keep this one for weekends. Also, it is indeed less spicy compared to other regular mutton dishes. But trust me, the simplicity of the preparation of this dish will make many of your weekends special. Let's start the cooking.
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| Mutton Makhani (Buttery Mutton) |
Recipe yield 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 pounds mutton (cut into small cubes)
- 2 medium onions
- 1.5 inch ginger peeled and cut into small pieces
- 1 medium tomato chopped into small pieces
- 7-8 fat cloves of garlic chopped into small pieces
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 whole cardamom
- 3 cloves
- 1 inch of cinnamon stick
- 3 tbsp of butter
- 1/2 tsp of freshly crushed black pepper
- 2 tbsp white oil
- 4 green chilies
- 2 tbsp of thick yogurt
- 2 medium potatoes cut into 4 cubes each
- Salt according to taste
- Sugar according to taste
- Water
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| Ingredients |
Methods
1. Add the chopped pieces of one onion, ginger pieces, garlic pieces, 2 green chilies and tomato pieces in a blender jar. Then add little water and blend it to make a paste out of it.2. Add the clean mutton pieces, the paste from the blender, salt, sugar, turmeric powder, yogurt and 1 bay leaf in a mixing bowl. Mix it nicely with clean hands. Keep it covered in the fridge. Let the
mutton marinate for 4 hours. Overnight will give best results.
3. Slice the remaining onion. Add white oil In a large pan. Heat it. When the oil is hot, fry the onion slices. Fry them till they become golden brown and soft. Take them out in a small plate.
4. In that pan, add one more tbsp of white oil and fry the potato cubes till they are golden brown. Sprinkle some salt on those and mix it. Cover it with lid and fry for 2 minutes. The potatoes should not be completely soft. They will be cooked again in the gravy.
5. In the same large pan, heat 2 tbsp of butter. When the butter has melted, add the whole garam masala (cardamom, cloves and cinnamon stick) and 2 bay leaves. When they start to sizzle and a nice aroma appears, add the marinated mutton.
6. Mix it nicely by stirring continuously. Cover the lid and cook it in medium heat. Check in between and give a good stir. It should not get burnt in the bottom. Add the fried onion slices and mix it nicely. The whole process of cooking with medium-low heat should take 40 minutes. You may not add water in the whole process. But if it is getting dry, you can add little water.
7. Once the oil is getting separated from the pan check if the mutton is soft enough. Now at this point add the potatoes and give a good stir. Add 1 cup of hot water in the pan and mix it.
Check the salt and sugar. And adjust the salt and sugar. Add two slit green chilies. Cover the lid and continue cooking for 10 minutes in medium heat.
8. After 10 minutes check the mutton. The mutton should fall off and easy to tear off. And the potatoes should be soft enough. Stop the heat.
9. In a small frying pan melt the butter and add the crushed black pepper. Add this butter black pepper mixture into the mutton gravy. Give a good mix. And it is ready to serve.
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| Frying the onion slices |
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| Fried Potatoes |
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| Marinating the mutton |
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| Mutton is cooked with the fried onion slices |
Serve this mutton with white basmati rice and a wedge of lemon. You don’t need any more sides for the Sunday lunch. This mutton will melt in your mouth and the butter flavor will stick in your sense of palate. The whole process is little time consuming but your house will be filled with the nice aroma of mutton. You can definitely pressure cook this mutton. But I would recommend you to slow cook this recipe and enjoy your weekend with the comfort mutton gravy. There is no haste in the weekend and so relax and try this recipe. Do comment if you have any questions regarding the process.
Thanks,
Moumita
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