Mutton Fry/Mutton Sukka Varuval

Its been a while since I posted a non-veg recipe and DH likes mutton sukka but I cook it rarely due to health conscious.Last week we got mutton from halal shop and made the mutton fry.This is a dry version which goes very well with rasam rice and curd rice or biriyani.As my parents are here for a visit I am enjoying my mom's cooking and she made this fry for us.Since there was no charge in the camera,when she was making I couldn't take the stepwise pictures,will update it soon.Here is the recipe.....

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Mutton(boneless)	250gms
Onion(finely chopped)	1no.
Shallots/chinnavengayam (chopped)	4-5nos.
Tomato(finely chopped)	1no.
Garlic/poondu(finely chopped)	3 pods
Cashews	1tbs(optional)
Ginger&garlic paste	2tsp
Black pepper/milagu	1tsp(coarsely ground)
Chilly powder/milagai podi	11/2tsp
Coriander powder/dhania podi	2tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	a pinch
Coconut paste	2tbs
Curry leaves	1sprig
Coriander leaves(finely chopped)	2tsp
Oil	2tbs
Salt	a pinch

For the Seasoning

Ingredient	Quantity
Cloves/lavangam	2-3nos.
Cinnamon/pattai	1 inch piece
Fennel seeds/sombhu	1/4tsp

Method

• Add the mutton with ginger&garlic paste,a pinch of chilly powder,turmeric powder,finely chopped shallots and little salt along with enough water in a pressure cooker.Cook it in a medium flame for 5-6 whistles or till the mutton becomes tender and keep aside.
• Heat a pan with oil and do the seasoning with the ingredients and fry the cashews.Saute the onion and garlic,then add a tsp of ginger &garlic paste.Now add in the tomato and cook it till mushy.
• Once the tomato is cooked add in the chilly powder and coriander powder,turmeric powder,add the mutton stock and cook it till it becomes thick.
• At this stage add the coconut paste,salt and cook it for 2-3 minutes.Add the cooked mutton pieces to it and mix it well.
• Cook it in a medium flame till it gets dried.Finally add the ground pepper,coriander leaves and give it a mix.

Mutton sukka is ready.

Enjoy...........................................

• Instead of onion,shallots can be used which gives a very nice taste and flavor to the fry.
• After adding the ground pepper do not cook it for a long time.
• Adding the cashew is optional but gives a richness to the fry.

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