Simple Mutton Roast Recipe / Kerala Mutton Roast Recipe

Couple weeks back, hubby got some fresh mutton to cook. I was looking for a different recipe other than my mutton thoran, mutton chukka, mutton kuzhambu, chettinaad style gravy and mutton masala. You can check my mutton recipes here..I wanted to do a fried kind of dish. Actually i planned to cook the mutton and deep fry it. But somehow i ended up like this.

I will soon share a fried mutton recipe. This one is less fat i can say, since it is roasted in little oil. Actually the main flavouring for this mutton dish is curry leaves and fennel seeds. I added some kashmiri red chillies to make the dish turn out red.

Give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Marinating Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 45 to 50 mins

Serves : 4 to 5

Ingredients:

Mutton - 500 grams

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Coconut Oil - 2 tblspn

Curry Leaves a handful

Roasted Gramdal / Pori kadalai / Pottu Kadalai - 2 tblspn powdered

For grinding:

Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn

Kashmiri Red Chilli - 5

Red Chilli Powder - 2 tblspn

Ginger - 3 cm piece

Garlic - 6 fat cloves

Method:

Take mutton in a bowl, add in salt and turmeric powder and mix well. Leave this to marinate for 15 mins.

Now take a blender, add in all grinding ingredients and make it into a puree by adding some water.

Add this puree to the mutton and mix well. Wash the blender with 1/4 cup of water and pour that over the mutton as well.

Transfer this to a pressure cooker and cook it for 3 whistle, simmer it for 20 mins. Turn the heat off and let the pressure go all by itself.

Open the pressure cooker and heat again, dry out the mutton.

Once it is dried, heat coconut oil in a kadai. Add a handful of curry leaves in it. Add in the dried mutton and toss well for 5 mins till it is well roasted.

Add in gram dal powder and toss again for 10 mins.

Once the mutton turn golden and well roasted, turn off the heat and serve.

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