Varutharacha mutton curry/Mutton in roasted coconut gravy

I haven't posted mutton dishes yet.It is a super tasty dish for all  non veg lovers!Here I'm sharing a spicy Kerala style mutton curry recipe.It will go well with Appam rice Puttu and parotta.

Ingredients :

• Mutton : 1/2 kg

To roast and grind :

• Grated coconut : 1/2 cup
• Coriander seeds : 1.5 tblspn
• Dry red chilly : 4
• Pepper : 1/2 tspn
• Fennel : 1/2 tspn
• Clove : 4
• Cardamom : 2
• Cinnamon : 1 piece
• Shallots /kunjulli : 5
• Curry leaves : 1 spring

For masala :

• Onion (sliced ) : 2 big
• Ginger : 1" piece
• Garlic : 10 cloves
• Tomato (sliced) : 1 big
• Chilly powder : 1 tspn (up to your level)
• Turmeric powder : 1/4 tspn
• Salt
• Coconut oil

To temper :

• Mustard seeds : 1/2 tspn
• Fennel seeds : 1/4 tspn
• Shallots / kunjulli ( chopped ) : 1 tblspn
• Cury leaves : 2 spring
• Coriander leaves 

Method :

• Wash and clean the mutton pieces and cook it in a pressure cooker with enough (2 cups of water)water and salt(it took almost 20 minute in low flame after first whistle)
• Meanwhile heat a pan with oil and  roast all the ingredients listed under "to roast and grind"
• Let it cool and grind it in to a smooth paste with little water.Keep it aside.
• Now heat a pan with oil.
• Add sliced onion and saute it well.
• Now add ginger garlic paste and saute till it leave the raw smell.
• Now add sliced tomato amd saute it well 
• Add chilly powder and turmeric powder and mix it again.
• Now add cooked mutton and mix it again
• Add ground paste to it and adjust the consistency of the gravy buy adding enough water.
• Now heat another pan with oil and add mustard seeds .Let it splutter.
• Now add fennel ,chopped shallota and curry leaves.
• Pour it to the gravy
• Delicious mutton curry is ready to serve.

Note:

• If you dont have coriander seeds use coriander powder.(almost 2 tblspn)
• You can prepare this dish in kadai also.I prefer cooker for making the whole process easy

sending this recipe to recipespassion.blogspot.in  and haffaskitchen.blogspot.in