செட்டிநாடு மட்டன் சுக்கா வறுவல் / Chettinad Mutton Chukka / Mutton Chukka Varuval /Spicy Dry Lamb Curry

Yesterday was a fun day for us, we went to purchase some furniture for our home sweet home..And came home with a little dining table which can fit perfectly in our little kitchen and a super cute dressing table..I will post the pictures of that in my photo blog soon..Off you go to the recipe..

Can you believe that this is the first mutton recipe that I am cooking and posting in my blog. Yes I have never cooked mutton in my life before. I am not a big fan of mutton as well, but my better half loves it. I got so many request from my viewers asking me to post mutton recipes in my blog. So the time has arrived and guys from now on you will find lots of mutton recipes..

Mutton chukka is probably the most famous recipe around the world. It is one of the most yummiest dish as well…I thought of making that as my first trial and it was a total hit in my family..I made this last sunday along with a herby chicken curry and a spicy chicken masala and served it over with steaming hot rice... How good is it?

Hubby loved it a lot and asked for more..That is a good sign right..I will be making more mutton recipes in the future, so stay tuned...

Ingredients:

For adding in the pressure cooker along with marination:

Oil -1 tblspn

Onion - 1 large sliced

Tomatoes - 4 chopped finely

Green Chilli - 1

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Water - 1 cup

For Marination:

Mutton - 1/2 kg

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tsp

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala powder - 1 tsp

Pepper powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

For Grinding / For Masala :

Coconut - 1/2 cup

Poppy Seeds / Kasa Kasa / Khus Khus - 2 tblspn

Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn

For Sauteing:

Coconut Oil - 3 tblspn

Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf- 1 tsp

Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small stick

Onion - 1 Medium Sliced

Tomato - 1 chopped

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Green Chilli - 2 Slit

Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Pepper Powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala powder - 1 tsp

Coriander leaves / Cilantro for garnishing

Method:

Marinate the ingrediants given in the list for atleast 30 mins. Grind the ingrediants given in the list to a smooth paste by adding a little water. Set this aside till use.

Take a pressure cooker. Add a tblspn of oil. Add in onions, green chilli, curry leaves and the marinated mutton pieces.

Pour a cup of water in and mix well.

Cover the pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistle and simmer for 15 mins.

Switch off the flame and let the pressure go all by itself. My pressure cooker won't give whistle, so I cooker it for 35 mins in total.

Now heat a kadai on high heat. Add coconut oil in it.

Add fennel and cinnamon and let it crackle.

Add in onions, curry leaves, green chilli and ginger garlic paste. Saute it for a min.

Add in Tomatoes and cook till mushy. It will take around 5 mins.

Now add the mutton pieces along with any water.

Mix well on high heat.

Now add in chilli, pepper, coriander and garam masala powder and mix well.

Add the ground masala as well and mix on high heat.

Keep stirring till the gravy gets thick and the masala coats on all the mutton pieces.

Add a handful of cilantro and toss well..

Switch off the flame and serve..

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Ingrediants for Masala

Take everything in a blender

and make into a fine puree

Take all your ingrediants for marination.

and mix well..

Heat oil in a pressure cooker

add onions, green chilli and curry leaves to that

add tomatoes

add the marinated mutton pieces

pour a cup of water

cover and pressure cook

till done..

Heat oil in a pan..Add fennel and cinnamon

add onions, chilli and curry leaves

add ginger garlic paste

tomatoes

and cook till mushy

add the cooked mutton pieces along with any water left

add in chilli and pepper powder

add coriander and garam masala powder

add the ground masala

and mix well

toss on high heat till it gets dry

garnish with coriander leaves

Serve