I first saw this recipe in food lovers magazine that covered about Ebony Restaurant, Bangalore. The article featured some of the best mudaliar community family recipes. The Mudaliar community from the Arcot district of Tamil Nadu have a long and delicious culinary tradition. They established roots in places as far flung as Rangoon, Mallaca and Sholapur. They originally made this dish with goat meat on the bone, that would serve the Mudaliar families well on their long travels. The chops turn out really tender, juicy and fall of the bone. Here is how to do mutton chops.
Grind the ginger and garlic with water to a paste.
Mix all the ingredients under marination, ginger garlic paste and water in a bowl. Add in the trimmed lamb chops, marinate for 30 minutes.
In a pressure cooker, add the marinated lamb chops and cook it slowly on a low flame for 10 whistles until well done and the meat is almost falling off the bone. Once the lamb is cooked, remove the chops and keep aside to cool.
Reduce the remaining liquid in the cooker to form a thick sauce.
Just before serving, grill the lamb chops on a hot griddle with some ghee, basting generously with the reduced sauce.
Serve hot.
Arcot Mutton Chops – Mutton Chops Masala Roast Recipe
Tamilnadu Arcot style Mutton chops masala dry roast recipe. with step by step pictures.
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 4 persons 1x
Ingredients
For the ginger garlic paste
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 inch piece ginger
- 2 tablespoon water
For the Marination
- 500 grams mutton chops
- 2 tablsepoon plain yogurt / curd
- 1 tablespoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 200 ml water
For the Pan Roast
- 1 tablespoon ghee
Instructions
- Grind the ginger and garlic with water to a paste.
- Mix all the ingredients under marination, ginger garlic paste and water in a bowl. Add in the trimmed lamb chops, marinate for 30 minutes.
- In a pressure cooker, add the marinated lamb chops and cook it slowly on a low flame for 10 whistles until well done and the meat is almost falling off the bone. Once the lamb is cooked, remove the chops and keep aside to cool.
- Reduce the remaining liquid in the cooker to form a thick sauce.
- Just before serving, grill the lamb chops on a hot griddle with some ghee, basting generously with the reduced sauce.
- Serve hot.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: Tamilnadu
I am having trouble converting the number of “whistles” for timing in my pressure cooker. I use a Ninja Foodie that has both high and low pressure cooking settings. (Similar to InstaPot) Based on internet research and personal experience I calculate your whistle times to be about 80 seconds apart. That would mean this recipe would cook for about 13 minutes on its’ low setting. Do you agree with this?
Thankyou. (Everything I have made from your site that does not require pressure cooking has been wonderful)
Hi Jim,
For this recipe, set your instant pot for 12-13 minutes and you should be fine.
Thank you.
I have a doubt mam , you did not use oil in this at all is it ??
Thats correct. Mutton has enough fat.
Your recipes are a great hit and really makes my day when I’m bored of cooking the same stuff, day in and day out. It comes out really well. Thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you!
10 whistles ? Won’t that be too much ?
meat will be almost falling off the bone. It wont be too much.
My pressure cooker died and i’m in covid lockdown.
What are my options?
You can boil mutton in a pan ( It will take about an hour depending on the meat).
I tried it and it turned out to be so yummy. My husband liked it very much. Thank you so much for the recipe. I am going to make it for the second time today.
Loved this recipe. So easy as well. Thank you
Made these today and it is delicious – thank you for sharing the recipe
Thank you so much. Really glad that you liked the recipe.
Hi Suguna ..I saw your mutton chops recipe and am planning to make it soon. I have a question.. One of the ingredients in recipe is garam masala. I understand that each region in India has its own unique garam masala. Since this recipe is unique to Mudaliar community, which garam masala should one use ? I live in Pune ..either you could advise which brand to buy or how to make at home..
Hi Prasad, You can really use any store bought garam masala as its only 1/2 a teaspoon. I like Sakthi brand garam masala.
Thanks Suguna 🙂
The most simplest mutton recipe with awesome taste. Made my day! Thanks for the recipe.
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