MUTTON VARUVAL

Mutton Varuval:

Ingredients:

Mutton - 750 gms
Onions - 3 medium
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 4 cloves
Cinnamon - 2 pieces
Cloves - 6 nos.
Cardamoms (green) 2
Cardamoms (black) 4
Pepper - 1 tsp.
Green chillies - 2
Dry red chillies 6 or more
Poppy seeds - 1 dsp.
Cashewnuts 8-10 nos.
Tomatoes 2 finely chopped
Curd cup (thick)
Turmeric powder - tsp
Salt to taste
Oil or ghee

Method:
Clean and cube mutton and keep aside. Chop one onion fine. Cut the other two roughly. Chop ginger, garlic and soak poppy seeds in a little warm water for 15 mins. Blend ginger, garlic, rough-chopped onions,de-seeded red chillies, pepper, turmeric, chopped tomatoes , cashewnuts and soaked poppy seeds in a mixer till smooth.Heat ghee or oil. Add finely chopped onions and fry till transparent. Then add the cleaned mutton and fry overmedium fire till the meat is brown. Add whole spices and fry for a few minutes. Add the ground mixture and fry again till the mixture is dry. Add salt and the well beaten curd, along with 2 cups of water. Pressure cook for 10 minutes, or till mutton is tender. Then cook it till its dry. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and roasted cashew nuts.. Serve hot with rotis or rice.

You can cook it in a wok too.

There is another way to cook this mutton You add the ginger, garlic paste, the tumeric powder,crushed tomatoes, curds. kas-kas powder and salt and marinate the mutton for about 2 hours.

Then heat a wok add the ghee and all the temperings, onions,curryleaves.. Then add the marinated mutton and cook till the mutton is cooked.Add water if needed.. When the mutton is cooked add the chillie powder, about 1tbs or more, and keep on stirring till the mutton is really dry.. You can add a dash of lime juice to take away the smell of mutton.