Mutton Kuzhambu

Ingredients

• Mutton - 1/2 kg
• Onion - 2 big
• Tomato - 3
• Garlic - 7 cloves (Chopped nicely)
• Green chillies - 8
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cloves - 8
• Cinnamon stick - 2
• Fennel - 1/2 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Oil - 3 tsp
• Water - 5 cups
• Coconut milk - 1 cup (optional)
• Curry leaves - few
• Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

• In a Cooker, add, oil, garlic, cloves, cinnamon stick, fennel, onion, curry leaves.
• When onion becomes brown colour, add the mutton pieces to it and saute well.
• After that, add the water, turmeric powder and salt and close the lid.
• Cook for 5 whistles.
• Meanwhile, in another kadai, add oil, little cloves, cinnamon stick, onion.
• When onion becomes brown colour, add ginger garlic paste.
• Add the tomato and cook till they becomes soft.
• Add the green chillies and again saute well.
• Transfer the contents in the kadai to mixer and grind well to a paste form.
• After the mutton is cooked, add the above grinded paste to the mutton and allow to boil for another 5 mts.
• If you want to add the Coconut milk, it can be added to the mutton kuchambu.
• Serve hot for rice.