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Spicy Mutton Masala / Lamb Masala Cooked with Yogurt & Spices

November 12, 2013 By Aarthi 42 Comments

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This is a dish which i tried for this diwali lunch. We invited my newly wed brother and her wife for lunch that day and i made few dishes like chicken fry, garlic tomato chicken roast, chettinaad mutton curry, and this one. They all turned out great and don’t worry i have pictures taken for you.

Now about this mutton masala, it is quite a simple dish, you can make it start from finish in pressure cooker, but i made it in a separate frying pan so you can look what is happening more clearly. So try this out and let me know how it turned out.

Preparation Time : 15 mins
Marinating Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time : 1 Hour 15 Mins
Serves – 3 to 4

Ingredients:
 
Mutton / Lamb – 1/2 kg cut into small pieces
Oil – 3 tblspn
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 2 tsp
Onion – 1 large sliced finely
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tblspn
Green Chilli – 2 slit
Tomatoes – 2 large chopped finely 
Water – 1/2 cup ( if needed)
  
For Marination:
Yogurt / Curd – 1/2 cup
Chilli powder – 2 tsp
Coriander powder / Malli podi – 1 tblspn
Cumin Powder / Jeera podi – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi – 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder – 1 tblspn 
Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Take cleaned mutton pieces in a bowl. Add in all the marination ingredients in it and mix well. Let this marinate for a good 30 mins. You can leave it in fridge overnight too. If so take it out a hour before you cook so it comes to room temp.

Heat oil in a kadai. You can do this whole thing in pressure cooker. I used a kadai so you can see what is happening in it.

Add in fennel seeds and let it sizzle. followed by onions, chilli and curry leaves. Saute this for 5 mins or so.

Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.

Now add in tomatoes. Cover and cook till it turns mushy.

Now add in the marinated mutton along with all the marination.Mix well.

Pour this whole thing in a pressure cooker, add 1/2 cup water if needed and cook for 6 to 7 whistle. Simmer and cook for a 20 mins. Now switch off the flame and let the steam all escape. Open the pressure cooker and mix well.

Serve with rice.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Take mutton pieces

Add in yogurt

Now add in the spices

Salt

Mix well and Marinate it

Heat oil

Add in fennel seeds

Add in onions, chilli and curry leaves

Saute for a while

Add in ginger garlic paste

mix well

Add in tomatoes

mix well

cover and cook

cook till it turn mushy

add marinated mutton

Mix well

Now add this whole thing into a pressure cooker

Cover and cook

Till everything is cooked

Serve

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  1. Dipti Joshi

    November 12, 2013 at 5:13 am

    Drooling! Tasty recipe to make mutton curry 🙂

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  2. Chandrani Banerjee

    November 12, 2013 at 10:03 am

    Spicy and yummy mutton masala. I cooked it same process.


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  3. Pretend Chef

    November 13, 2013 at 3:20 am

    Yummy!!!

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  4. Hasna Hamza Layin

    November 13, 2013 at 5:32 am

    ur step by step pictures always make me drool

    Reply
  5. Sathya...

    November 13, 2013 at 7:26 am

    Definitely going to try, Yummmmmyyyyyyy…

    Reply
  6. morri

    November 22, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    I made this and it was great! I love mutton dishes.

    Reply
  7. Saravana Bharathi

    December 18, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    Yummmmmmmy

    Reply
  8. Anonymous

    February 12, 2015 at 11:57 am

    Tried this recipie today…came out well..thanks…

    Reply
  9. Anonymous

    May 14, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    Can I replace chopped onions with sliced

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  10. Anonymous

    May 14, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    Can I replace chopped onions with sliced

    Reply
  11. Aarthi

    May 15, 2015 at 1:54 am

    @Anonymousyes u can

    Reply
  12. Ken Tran

    June 18, 2015 at 3:48 pm

    I found your recipe while doing a search for mutton masala. I didn't know what mutton masala was. I thought that it was a dry powder or herb or some kind of liquid. So it is actually an entire dish. I'm new to Indian cooking. I was previously reading someone else's recipe for lamb curry. One of their ingredients was 2 Tbsp mutton masala. Does this mean they want me to cook an entire mutton masala dish on the side just for the juices and use it in their lamb curry? Or is this 2 Tbsp mutton masala some kind of powder or herb? Thanks for any help you can offer. Here is their recipe, if you need to take a look: http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/644385#comments

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  13. Aarthi

    June 19, 2015 at 6:06 am

    @Ken Tran

    Mutton masala is a kind of garam masala powder where many spices are ground together. It can be easily found in indian super markets. Look in the powdered spices section

    Reply
  14. Aishwarya Nathan

    July 24, 2015 at 5:43 am

    hi , i tried this recipe it has come out very well, but is a litgtle sour coz of the curd i think is there ny way to reduce its sourness and retain the spiciness ?

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  15. Aarthi

    July 25, 2015 at 4:32 am

    @Aishwarya Nathanadd a little sugar. it helps in reducing the sourlevel

    Reply
  16. Anonymous

    September 14, 2015 at 6:20 am

    Hi Aarthi,
    Can i add potatoes into this curry..I'm from Malaysia and i use eat chicken curry or mutton by adding potatoes

    Reply
  17. Aarthi

    September 15, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    @Anonymousyes u can add potatoes

    Reply
  18. devi

    September 23, 2015 at 6:47 am

    mam.. i am not sure about how much time i want to cook that mutton dish in pressure cooker..? can u plz tell me how much viseel the mutton required to cook in pressure cooker from your experience in cooking with pressure cooker

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  19. Aarthi

    September 24, 2015 at 11:11 am

    @devimutton will take long to cook.. cook for 6 to 7 whistle. Simmer and cook for a 20 mins. Now switch off the flame and let the steam all escape. Open the pressure cooker and mix well.

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  20. Makan Kaki

    November 19, 2015 at 1:04 am

    So glad that I could find this recipe…can I know that what are the type of chilli powder that you used in this dish? Is it the ordinary red chilli powder using for meat?

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  21. Aarthi

    November 20, 2015 at 5:23 pm

    @Makan Kakii used kashmiri chilli powder

    Reply
  22. Anonymous

    December 18, 2015 at 5:58 am

    Hi Aarthi,
    Can I use small onions for this recipe? Will it turn sweet if I do so?

    Reply
  23. Aarthi

    December 18, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    @AnonymousNo u can use small onions, it adds nice flavour and taste

    Reply
  24. Anonymous

    December 30, 2015 at 9:57 am

    Thanks Aarthi for such a delicious Recipe. Its nice and so tasty

    Reply
  25. Javed

    December 30, 2015 at 10:00 am

    Thanks Aarthi for this Delicious Mutton Masala Recipe I am Inspired by your Recipe..Thanks

    Reply
  26. Christine

    September 6, 2016 at 11:34 pm

    I just made this exactly with your instructions and pictures. I served it with saffron rice and kachumber salad. Thanks so much for a delicious meal. I will definitely make this again. I now love my pressure cooker again.

    Reply
  27. Leena

    October 2, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    I tried it few weeks back it was finger licking good. Yum!!! Gonna try again this week..thanks for the delicious recipe

    Reply
  28. Cooking Master

    October 10, 2016 at 5:09 pm

    Click here to watch our best mutton kadai recipe its easy and delicious

    Reply
  29. Anonymous

    November 12, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    hi Aarthi im ur fan. I like to ask u one question why u always add chillies and curryleaves with its stem does it add any special flavours?

    Reply
  30. Anonymous

    November 28, 2016 at 3:10 am

    Love this recipe. Your directions are excellent. Thanks for sharing and bringing this delicious meal into our house. Christine

    Reply
  31. Anonymous

    December 2, 2016 at 12:01 pm

    Hi tried pepper fry it came out very well, my kid liked it,in this mutton Masala instead of curd can I use lime juice

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      December 4, 2016 at 3:33 am

      Yogurt is important in this

      Reply
  32. Anonymous

    December 30, 2016 at 4:13 pm

    Hi Aarthi, one quick question: you say "Mutton / Lamb – 1/2 kg cut into small pieces". Should I read that as "HALF" kg, or "ONE OR TWO" kg? I have two kg lamb and I'm trying to figure out how much to adjust the spice quantities. Thanks a ton for your lovely blog!

    Reply
  33. Anonymous

    January 11, 2017 at 9:58 am

    Hi aarthi to get more gravy can I add coconut

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    • Aarthi

      January 11, 2017 at 11:17 am

      yes u can

      Reply
  34. Kavitha

    January 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    Tried this dish it was yummy .thanks for Ur recipe

    Reply
  35. Rohini krishnan

    February 11, 2017 at 6:17 pm

    Half cup means how much. I don't think 250 ml is enough for 6 whistles.

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      February 12, 2017 at 6:15 am

      Water will come out of mutton as well. this is a thick dish so you dont need much water

      Reply
  36. Rohini krishnan

    February 11, 2017 at 6:25 pm

    Quantity of water u added?

    Reply
  37. Hannan

    August 10, 2018 at 6:46 am

    Cooked this recipe yesterday for my in-laws and they loved it! Was hoping to keep some for our dinner but was all wiped out at lunch time! 🙂 I tried the recipe without the fennel seeds (i ran out and didnt have time to buy more), marinated overnight, added potatoes and garnished with fried shallots, mint leaves and coriander leaves. Served them with ghee rice and pineapple salad. It was a hit! Thank you so much Aarthi for this easy and delicious recipe.

    Reply
  38. Barbara Pepper

    April 16, 2020 at 10:03 am

    The UK is in lockdown at the moment, so my husband and I can’t go to our favourite Indian restaurant. Instead I make curries at home, and this one was fabulous! Thank you , Aarthi.

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  39. NP

    October 8, 2020 at 5:32 pm

    Hi Aarthi,

    Tried this and it turned out so yummy! thanks for this amazing recipe. If I have to make this in instant pot what would you suggest to be the pressure cook time? 25-30 mins?

    Thanks!

    Reply

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