Recipe of Mutton Pepper Fry

Ingredients

Fresh Mutton – 500 g
1,Turmeric powder – 1 teaspoon
2,Red chilly powder - 2 teaspoon
3,Vinegar / curd- 2 teaspoon
4,Salt – 1 teaspoon
5,Ginger – garlic paste- 2 tablespoon
6, Garam masala/ spice powder – ½ teaspoon

Wash and clean Mutton pieces. Marinate Mutton pieces with above ingredients from 1-6 for 1 hour and pressure cook for 20- 30 minutes ( Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook for 20 – 30 minutes). Remove cooker from the heat. Allow to cool it naturally. Open the cooker. Boil again and reduce mutton gravy till it thickens.

Ingredients for Mutton Pepper Fry

2 medium sized onion- sliced
Green chilly- 2, cut lengthwise
Pepper – 1 teaspoon
Cooking oil – 1 teaspoon
Salt – to taste
Dark green curry leaves – 2 springs

In a frying pan, heat oil for about 3 minutes. Add sliced onions. Fry on low flame till brown colour. Add curry leaves, green chillies and pepper. Saute it slowly for 5 minutes. Add cooked mutton pieces and salt to taste. Fry on a slow flame till brown and dry. Serve hot with Chapati / Biryani / Parathas… It’s an excellent side dish.

Keralites prefer this preparation with coconut oil and will add fried coconut pieces ( thengakkoth ) to get authentic ‘’ Syrian cathalic ‘’ flavour ( Thiruvithamkur style ). Try this mutton pepper fry….