Mutton Chops Recipe

Ingredients :

1. 1.5 lbs Goat meat), bone in, cut into large cubes
2. Salt to taste
3. 1 tsp oil
4. 1 cup onions, diced small’
5. 1 tsp ginger paste
6. 1 tsp garlic paste
7. 1 tsp red chili powder
8. 1 tsp pepper powder
9. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
10. 2 tsp lemon juice
11. 1 tsp fennel seeds
12. 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
13. 1 star anise
14. 4 cardamom pods
15. 1/2” cinnamon stick

Preparation Steps :

1. Wash the mutton and place in a pressure cooker
2. Add 1/2 cup of water and salt to taste and cook for 6-8 minutes after the first whistle
3. Alternatively, mutton can be cooked in a regular pan, just add enough water to cover the mutton, bring to a boil, cover and cook on medium heat for about 20-30 minutes till the mutton is soft
4. At the end of the cooking, there should be at least 1/2 cup of liquid remaining in the mutton.
Powder all the ingredients listed under the “For the Spice powder” using a spice grinder or a coffee grinder till smooth.
While the mutton is getting cooked, heat the oil in a large frying pan and saute the onions till brown
5. Add the ginger paste and garlic paste and sauté for a few minutes.
Mix the chili powder, pepper powder and turmeric powder with a tbsp of water to make a paste
6. Add this paste to the pan and sauté for a few minutes till the whole mixture gets a nice brown colour, making sure the spices are not burned.
Remove the cooked mutton pieces with a slotted spoon and add to the pan
7. Reserve the stock
8. Mix well to make sure that all the meat is well coated with the onion-spice mixture
9. Keep sauteing till the mutton pieces are well browned.
Now pour the reserved stock into the pan and mix well
10. When the gravy starts to thicken, add the curry leaves and the spice powder and mix well.  Continue cooking till almost all the liquid is gone from the pan and the mutton pieces are well coated with the remaining gravy
11. Add the lemon juice and mix well and immediately remove from the stove.
Serve hot.