Kothu Mutton Recipe with step by step pictures.This is made with Boneless Mutton, onions, spices and curry leaves. This can be served with roti, parotta and rice.
Kothu Mutton
This is one dish which i tasted recently, hubby got it from a thattukada shop here in my place and it was delicious. I tried recreating it and it worked perfect.
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Try to use boneless mutton piece and you are allowed to over cook the mutton in pressure cooker. So the meat falls off the bone, so it will be easy for you to shred it.
Ingredients for Kothu Mutton
For Mutton:
- Boneless Mutton - 500 grams
- Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water - ½ cup
For Curry:
- Coconut Oil - ¼ cup
- Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 2 tsp
- Onion - 2 large sliced thinly
- Green Chilli - 3 slit
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
- Curry leaves a handful
- Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
- Coriander powder - 1 tblspn
- Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
How to make Kothu Mutton Recipe
- Take mutton and other thing given in a cooker and pressure cook for 12 to 15 whistle. Remove it from flame and let the pressure release all by itself. Open the cooker and set aside.
- Now heat oil in a pan, add fennel and sizzle.
- Add in onions, curry leaves and green chilli and saute for few mins.
- Add ginger garlic paste and mix well.
- Add in cooked mutton and the spice powder and mix well.
- Keep tossing it so the mutton shreds apart.
- Let all the water dry out. Keep tossing it up. Now add in pepper powder and mix well.
- Add in coriander leaves and toss well.
- Serve.
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Kothu Mutton Recipe | Kothu Kari Recipe
Ingredients
- For Mutton:
- 500 grams Boneless Mutton
- 2 teaspoon Chilli Powder
- 2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- ½ cup Water
- For Curry:
- ¼ cup Coconut Oil
- 2 teaspoon Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu
- 2 large sliced thinly Onion
- 3 slit Green Chilli
- 2 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
- Curry leaves a handful
- 1 teaspoon Chilli Powder
- 1 tablespoon Coriander powder
- 1 tablespoon Garam Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
Instructions
- Take mutton and other thing given in a cooker and pressure cook for 12 to 15 whistle. Remove it from flame and let the pressure release all by itself. Open the cooker and set aside.
- Now heat oil in a pan, add fennel and sizzle.
- Add in onions, curry leaves and green chilli and saute for few mins.
- Add ginger garlic paste and mix well.
- Add in cooked mutton and the spice powder and mix well.
- Keep tossing it so the mutton shreds apart.
- Let all the water dry out. Keep tossing it up. Now add in pepper powder and mix well.
- Add in coriander leaves and toss well.
- Serve.
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Kothu Mutton Recipe Step by Step Picture
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| take boneless mutton pieces in a pressure cooker |
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| add salt, chilli powder and turmeric powder |
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| add little water |
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| cook for 12 to 15 whistle and set aside |
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| take your other ingredients |
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| heat coconut oil in a pan, crackle in some fennel seeds |
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| add onions, chillies and curry leaves |
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| mix well |
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| add ginger garlic paste and saute well |
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| Add mutton along with water |
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| mix well |
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| add in chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder |
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| mix well |
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| dry the curry by cooking it in high flame..keep mixing so the mutton pieces shred |
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| add pepper |
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| mix well |
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| crush with your ladle so it break apart |
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| now it is done |
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| add coriander leaves |
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| mix well |






































Revathy
Hi Aarthi.. I tried this and it came out very good.. thanks for posting with step by step pics..
Reeshma
Hii Aarthi❤️
Can I try this recipe with mutton keema
Aarthi
yes u can