I am up with a special curry from chettinad, i love their cuisine, they are spicy, flavourful, full of freshly roasted masala and spice powders. No ready ground spice powders are allowed in ther kitchens. How cool is that. This curry is a perfect example for that. It has tons and tons of flavours packed in it..Just give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you..
In the mean time, check out my another version of mutton kuzhambu and other chettinad recipes..
Cooking Time : 1 hour 15 mins
Serves : 5 to 6
Shallots / Sambar Onions – 20 sliced thinly
Green Chilli – 2 slit
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tblspn
Tomatoes – 3 large chopped finely
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Mutton / Lamb – 1/2 kg / 500 grams
Water as needed
Coriander Leaves a handful finely chopped
Whole Spices:
Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 inch stick
Cardamom pods / Elakai – 2
Cloves / Krambu – 3
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 1 tsp
For Chettinad Spice Powder:
Dry Red Chilli – 6 to 8 or to taste
Whole Coriander Seeds / Mullu Malli – 4 tblspn
Cinnamon Stick / Pattai – 5 cm stick
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 1 tblspn
Whole Peppercorns – 1 tblspn
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
Cardamom Pods / Elakai – 5
Star Anise – 1
For Coconut Masala:
Coconut – 1 cup
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 1 tblspn
Method:
Grind coconut and fennel seeds to a smooth paste by adding some water. Set aside till use.
Heat a kadai. Dry roast all the spices given till they are golden. Remove them to a blender and make into a fine powder. Set aside till use.
Heat oil in the same kadai or a pressure cooker. Add in the whole spice and let them sizzle for a min.
Add in shallots, green chillies and curry leaves. Saute till light golden.
Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a couple of mins.Add in salt and turmeric powder and mix well.
Add in tomatoes and saute till they are completely mushed up.
Add in the spice powder and toss well. Add in the washed mutton pieces and add some water.
Now if you are making this in pressure cooker then cover it up and cook for 5 whistle to 7 whistle. Turn the heat off and let the pressure go all by itself.
Now open the cooker and add in coconut masala, more water if needed and mix well.
Cover and simmer for 15 to 20 mins till the oil separates on top.
Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
Serve this curry over rice or roti.
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| Take coconut and fennel seeds in a blender |
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| make into a smooth puree |
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| Now take all your other stuffs, lots of it indeed… |
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| Roasting Spices |
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| Start by roasting your whole spices |
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| this is your chettinad spice powder |
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| take them in a blender |
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| powder them |
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| Heat oil in a kadai, add in fennel, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves |
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| add in shallots, curry leaves and green chillies |
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| add a good amount of ginger garlic paste |
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| Add some salt and turmeric powder |
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| in goes some tomatoes |
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| cook till tomatoees turn mushy |
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| add the spice powders |
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| saute them for a min |
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| add in mutton |
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| toss well in the masala |
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| transfer the whole thing to pressure cooker NOTE: THIS ENTIRE RECIPE CAN BE MADE IN COOKER, I USED KADAI, SO YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY |
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| Add some water |
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| cover and cook |
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| now it is cooked |
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| add coconut paste |
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| mix well |
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| cover and simmer |
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| cook till oil floats |
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| add in coriander leaves |
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| mix well |
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| serve |
I love fiery spicy chettinad cuisine ur mutton dish looks too inviting
Delicious and lovely looking mutton curry recipe. Excellent preparation.
Deepa
Curry looks delicious…love your presentation….superb..
Nice presentation.
Looks yummy! Must try!
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Perfect Mutton Curry , for all those who enjoy high quality food """Gourmet""" south Indian style of cooking rocks…
Gonna try this recipe now. It looks yummy 🙂 will post you once i finish cooking.
We tried it in our home. it was very tasty
We tried it in our home. it was very tasty
We tried it in our home. It was very tasty 🙂
Hi
We do not get sambar onions. Can we use normal onions? How many should I use?
Thanks a lot. I love your blog!
@Anonymousyes use 2 large onions
Good presentation
Superb!!!!!
Not good. I tried as said but doesn't come good.
@AnonymousI am sorry that it didn't turn out good for you, what problem did you face
Good recipe with nice presentation.Delicious and wonderful looking very nice and yummy..
chowringhee satya niketan
Nice
Very yummy
Superb n mouth watering taste..tq fr d recepie
@nayana
Agreed, fantastic recipe! thanks so much. I cooked mine in a pure clay pot. it turned out much better than a pressure cooker or a non-stick tawa. I got my pure clay pot from Miriams Earthen Cookware (online).
It's on the stove now! My house smells delicious already! Can't wait to eat it!
Hi Aarthi ..we made it for dinner yesterday night..turned out gr8 …..Thank you for the recipe 🙂 !
wow. yummy taste. the smell spreads all over the street. thank you.
I tried it in home, it was very yummy and tastes delicious.. Thanks for giving such a superb recipe.. 🙂
Joy
Hi Aarthi I tried out this recipe it came out awesome and tasted good… It was my first try with mutton.. Thanks for sharing it…
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If u add mace in the recipe it will give more authentic flavours…
Iam weekend coock in my home. I love cooking. This chettinad muttin curry turned to be awsome. My kids really enjoyed and my wife liked it immediately. It is a excellent tasty revipie. I have followed the instructions exactly. The flavour texture taste all are awsome. Thanks for the recipie,
Kishore kesani
Hi me again… Couldn't help posting this comment.. The dry spice powder of this recipe I had some leftovers and I used for other gravy dishes sprinkling it at the end.. It simply took the dishes to another level thank you… I always see to that I have some of this aromatic , tasty masala with me…
Hi arthi mam. I am a beginner in cooking…it was my first try with mutton..I coudnt believe that I made it..jus followed what you did…u won't believe it came out paakkkaaaa!!!!!thank you soooo much for posting this
I tried this noon Aarti. It came out perfect. Your Blog makes my cooking easier and yummy..
I tried the recipe today at home and it turned out really well. I really like your cooking style.
hi…. can i skip tomatoes if i am allergic ???
Ah..mazing! Thank you!
wow awesome recipe thanks for sharing
Hi mam.. i tried your squid curry recipe and it was extremely delicious..my dad keeps asking me to make it for him frequently.. if I want to use this recipe for 1 kg mutton should I just double all the ingredients? Please reply
I cooked this mutton curry today. It was so yummy. The aroma was filled in the kitchen. My family liked it so much.
Thanks for sharing Aarthi.
How can I upload the photo? 😊😊
How long should we cook in the pressure cooker? For how many whistles?? (after adding the mutton that is)
really nic presentation mam .very useful for newcomers of kitchen
Tried this for today’s lunch…liked it a lot….It was good and tasty….Thank u for ur fine recipe aarthi…..
Wow.
It looks so easy. But I think it must be very delicious.
Hi Aarthi – could you mention the time/no of whistles for each step. I am a beginner cook and want to get it right.
If you are using young meat, it will cook in 4 to 5 whistle. Little older meat takes 7 to 8 whistle to cook.