Ingredients
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Prepwork 1 – Cook the mutton
- 250 grams mutton (cut into small pieces)
- 1.5 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper powder
Prepwork 2 – cook potatoes and tomatoes
- 2 potatoes, diced
- 2 country tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 cup water
Prepwork 3 – For homemade coconut milk
- 3/4 cup coconut
- 1.5 cups water + 1 cup water
For making the stew
- 3 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1 small piece cinnamon
- 1 cardamom
- 1 clove
- 1 inch piece ginger, minced
- 2 sprigs curry leaves
- 1 onion, sliced (1/3 cup)
- 3 green chillies, slit
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Corn starch slurry
- 2 teaspoon corn flour (corn starch)
- 1/4 cup water
Final Tempering
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 5 small onions (Indian Shallots), sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper powder
Instructions
Prep Work
- Cook the mutton with 1.5 cups water along with pepper and salt in a pressure cooker for 8-10 whistles and wait for the pressure to release naturally. Set aside.
- Cook the potatoes and tomatoes with half a cup water in a pressure cooker for two whistles. Set aside.
- Prepare coconut milk – first pressed coconut milk and second pressed coconut milk. Set aside.
- Here is the recipe for preparing coconut milk
Making the stew
- Heat coconut oil in a pan and add in the cinnamon, clove and cardamom. Add in the ginger, curry leaves and sliced onion. Saute for a few minutes till the onions are soft.
- Add in the green chillies, black pepper and the salt. Saute for a few seconds.
- Add in the cooked potato tomato mixture. Simmer for a minute.
- Add in the second pressed coconut milk.
- Add in the cooked mutton along with the mutton water used for cooking.
- Make a slurry with cornflour and water and add it to the pan.
- Finally add in the first pressed coconut milk. Simmer for just a minute.
Final Tempering
- Heat ghee in a pan and add in the sliced small onions. Saute the small onions until golden. Add in the black pepper powder to the pan. Immediately add the tempering to the stew.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: Kerala