Mutton Chilli Fry

Ingredients

1. Mutton-750g
2. Dry chillies-16
3. Ginger sliced fine-2 dsp
4. Garlic sliced-2 dsp
5. Chopped tomatoes-1 cup
6. Onion sliced-2 and 1/2 cups
7. turmeric powder-1 and 1/2 tsp
8. cinnamon-1 piece
9. Cardamom-5
10. Cloves-6
11. Coriander seeds-1 and a 1/2 tbsp
12. Curd-3/4 cup
13. oil (3 tsp)
14. salt to taste
15. Lemon juice-1 lemon
16. Chopped coriander leaves-a small bunch

Method

Wash and cut the meat into 2 inch cubes.Marinate the meat with turmeric powder and salt for half an hour.

Heat 1 tsp oil and roast the dry red chillies and keep aside. Add more oil and saute the ginger and garlic pieces and keep aside. Heat the coriander seeds in 1 tsp of oil and keep aside to cool. Once cool, grind all the ingredients in a dry ginder.

In a pressure cooker, fry half the onions till dark brown and keep aside (this is for the decoration). In the rest of the oil, saute the rest of the onions, when golden brown add the marinated mutton pieces. Saute well till the liquid has evaporated.then put the chopped tomatoes and stir till dry. Put the ground ingredients and mix well. Pour the curd and mix well. Then add about 1 cup water and enough salt and cook till soft after closing the pressure cooker. Remove with very little gravy. Pour the lime juice before taking off from fire.

Serve in a dish and sprinle with the fried onions and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.