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| Main ingredients | Mutton on the bone, Trotters, Ghee, Oil, Screwpine water, Onions, Bay leaves, Lotus seeds, Ginger-garlic paste, Thick yogurt, Onion paste, Yellow chilli powder, Desiccated coconut, Melon seed powder, Green cardamom powder, Mace powder |
| Cuisine | Uttar Pradesh |
| Course | Main course mutton |
| Prep time | 20-25 minutes |
| Cook time | 1-1.5 hours |
| Serve | 4 |
| Taste | Spicy |
| Level of cooking | Moderate |
| Others | Non vegetarian |
Ingredients
- 1 kilogram mutton, cut into 2 inch pieces
- 2 lamb trotters
- ⅓ cup ghee
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1¼ teaspoons screw pine (kewra) water
- 3 large onion, thinly sliced
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ cup puffed lotus seeds (makhana)
- 3 tablespoons ginger-garlic paste
- 1½ cups thick yogurt
- 1½ cups onion paste
- 1½ teaspoons red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon yellow chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 3 tablespoons desiccated coconut
- 2 tablespoons melon seeds (magaz) powder
- ½ teaspoon green cardamom powder
- ¼ teaspoon mace powder
- Fresh coriander sprigs for garnish
Method
- Heat ghee and oil in a handi, add ¼ teaspoon screw pine water and cook for a few seconds.
- Add onions and bay leaves, mix well and saute till onions turn golden brown.
- Add puffed lotus seeds and 1½ tablespoons ginger-garlic paste, mix well and saute for 2-3 minutes. Drain the onions and lotus seeds mixture into a bowl. Discard the bay leaf.
- Reduce the heat to low.
- Take yogurt in a bowl, add remaining ginger-garlic paste and mix well. Add this mixture to the ghee-oil mixture remaining in the handi. Mix well and saute for 1-2 minutes.
- Add mutton pieces and mix well. Cut the trotters into 2 inch pieces and add to the handi and mix well. Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes.
- Add onion paste and mix well. Add red chilli powder, yellow chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and turmeric powder and mix well. Continue to cook for 4-5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook.
- Put the fried onion-puffed lotus seeds into a blender jar and blend to a coarse mixture. Add ½ cup water and blend to a fine paste. Add this paste into the mutton mixture and mix well. Add 4-5 cups water and mix till well combined. Add salt and mix well.
- Add desiccated coconut, melon seeds powder, green cardamom powder and mace powder and mix. Add 1 cup water and mix and cook for 10-15 minutes.
- Add remaining screw pine water and mix well and cook till mutton is full done. Switch the heat off.
- Transfer into a serving bowl, garnish with coriander sprigs and serve hot.
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