Recipe: Kerala Style Mutton Stew

Summary: A very tasty Kerala’s own dish and I believe the real experts of this are from great travancore christian house wives. Whenever you visit that part of the state – especially Kottayam, Thiruvalla side – it’s suggested to taste this delicious recipe with Appam (Palappam)  for your breakfast. This is a less spicy dish and thus a favorite recipe for the tourists from western countries.   Let us see the preparation.

Ingredients for Kerala Style Mutton Stew

  • Goat meat or lamb – 2 lbs
  • Lemon juice – 1 table spoon
  • Vinegar – 1 tbsp
  • Whole black pepper – 12 nos
  • Curry leaves – 2 bench
  • Potatoes(diced) – 2 nos
  • Red onions(Kunjulli) – 2 nos
  • Green chillies – 3 nos (remove seeds if you don’t like spicy)
  • Garlic pods – 4 nos
  • Cloves(Grambu) – 12 nos
  • Fennel seeds(Perinjeerakam) – 1/2 tsp
  • Cinnamom(Karugapatta) – 1″ stick
  • Cardamom(Elakka) – 4 nos
  • Veg oil – 4 tbsp
  • Coconut milk(thick) – 1 cup

Instructions

  1. Soak the meat in lemon juice for half an hour.
  2. Wash the meat and half cook in a pot with just enough water, a tbsp of vinegar, 1/4 tsp of ground black pepper and curry leaves.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and stir fry the onions, curry leaves, garlic and green chillies until it turns golden brown.
  4. Crush the Cloves, Fennel seeds, Cinnamom(Karugapatta) and Cardamom(Elakka) and add them into the pan. Continue to stir fry.
  5. Add potatoes and enough water to cook the potatoes. Add the half cooked Meat to it.
  6. Cook until the potatoes and the half cooked meat is done.
  7. Adjust vinegar and salt to your taste.
  8. Add one full cup of thick coconut milk. Do not allow the contents to boil once the coconut milk has been added.

Cooking time (duration): 45 Minutes

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: breakfast

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

One Response to “Recipe: Kerala Style Mutton Stew”

  1. sherin says:

    not added coriander powder?

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