Pepper Mutton

Pepper mutton is one such  recipe which never lets me down, especially because I use peppercorns grown back home in our backyard. I bring atleast 1/2 kilo of sundried peppercorns from  India every year  and freshly crush  it for pepper based recipes.

Atleast some of my FB friends knew that Nisha who blogs at Look who is cooking too came down to our place  during easter holidays and I prepared this for our dinner to go with Malabar chicken biriyani (recipe will follow soon ), since she wanted to know the recipe I am dedicating this post to her  :) The picture might not be a good looking one as it was shot just  before the sunset in a hurry but  this recipe is a keeper ! We had a great night that day. Do u want to see what she  brought for us that day  ? An  amazing tres leche cake, it was an  amazing dessert and nearly  half of the cake was gone  the same day and the rest we finished the next day. Little A who generally dont eat cold things also had  fair  share of the cake !



Ingredients

Mutton/ Lamb   - 500 gm

Onions - 2( large)

Tomato -2

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbs

Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp

Pepper powder - 1 tbs

Coriander powder - 2 tbs

Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Whole garam masla

Cinnamon - 1 stick

Cardamom - 2 pods

Clove -3

Bay leaf -1

Star anise -1

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Pepper corns

Curry leaves

Salt

Method

1.Marinate the mutton with red chilly powder,tumeric powder, coriander powder,cumin powder,pepper powder and half of the ginger garlic paste and keep aside for 1 hour.

2.Pressure cook the mutton for 5-10 whistles adding 1/2 cup of water until they are cooked.

3.In a saucepan take some oil , sputter cumin seeds and fennel seeds. Add the whole spices and stir for few seconds.

4.Add finely chopped onions and saute until it becomes brown in colour.

5.Add rest of the  ginger garlic paste and saute again until the raw smell goes. Add chopped tomatoes and saute until it is well cooked and mushy.

6.Add cooked mutton  cover  and cook  in a lowflame for a few minutes.

7.Finally add freshly crushed peppercorns, garam masala and curry leaves.To make the mutton  dry ,cook for few minutes uncoverd until the mutton  is well coated in the gravy.