Tag: mutton curry

Bihari Style Mutton Curry :

Ingredients
Mutton – 1 kg
Onion – 1/2 kg
Garlic – 2 pods
Ginger – 1.5″ piece
Bay leaf – 3
Black cardamom – 2
Green cardmom – 3
Black pepper – 8 wholes
Cinnamon – 1/2″
Whole red chilli – 2-3
Salt according to your taste
Cumin powder – 4 tsp
Coriander powder – 3 tsp
Tumeric powder – 1 tsp
Garam masala powder – 2 tsp
Red chilli powder – 2 tsp or according to your taste
Mustard oil 100 – 150 gms and 50 gms for marination.
Raw papaya – 2″ piece or betel nut – 1

Method :

Roughly chop onion,crush ginger and one garlic pod roughly. Mix it with mutton.
Add all masalas except whole garam masala and garam masala powder, salt and oil in the mutton. Keep it for half an hour.

Heat oil in kadai. Add whole garam masala. put marinated mutton in kadai. add one whole pod of garlic in it.
Cover it with the lid. Mutton will start cooking in its own juice. keep storing in between. You can cook it in pressure cooker.

Raw papaya will help mutton to cook properly. you can use betel nut instead of papaya. cook it for 50 min. to one hour. Add garam masala powder. cook for some more time.
Mutton is ready to serve.

It can be cooked in earthen pot also.

It serves 6 people. Experiment with your skills and enjoy this delicacy from Bihar.