Mutton Kuzhambu Recipe | Mutton Curry | South Indian Style Mutton Curry | Startup Cooking

MUTTON KUZHAMBU RECIPE | MUTTON CURRY | SOUTH INDIAN STYLE MUTTON CURRY | MUTTON RECIPES

Here is a simple South Indian mutton curry recipe that can be made in a pressure cooker with freshly ground spices and coconut and it goes well perfectly with rice, chapathi, idli and dosa. This is a one pot recipe, easy to make and tastes good. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare mutton curry. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

RECIPE FOR MUTTON KUZHAMBU

Course       : Non-Veg Curry

Cuisine      : South Indian

Author       : Jayashree Karthik 

Prep Time  : 20 min

Cook Time : 40 min

Total Time  : 1 hour

INGREDIENTS

For the masala paste :

• 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut

• 2 tbsp poppy seeds

• 14 small garlic

• 2 inch ginger

• 15 shallots (small onion)

• 1 tsp cumin seeds

• 1 tsp fennel seeds

• 2 tsp black pepper

• 2 inch cinnamon stick

• 3 cloves

• 1 cup water

For the Curry :

• 3 tbsp sesame oil

• 1 bay leaf

• 1 big onion - thinly sliced

• 2 green chilli - slitted

• 1 spring curry leaves

• 1 tomato

• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder

• 2 tsp red chilli powder

• 500 g mutton

• salt as needed

• 2 cup water

PROCEDURE

• clean mutton, chop in to pieces and mix with a tsp of turmeric powder and keep it aside

• in a mixer grinder, add grated coconut, poppy seeds, garlic, ginger, shallots, cumin seeds, black pepper, cloves and cinnamon stick

• add 1 cup water, grind to a smooth paste and keep it aside

• heat oil in a pressure cooker pan

• add bay leaf and saute for few seconds

• add thinly sliced onion, slitted green chilli, curry leaves and saute till the onion turn soft and translucent

• add chopped tomato and saute well

• add turmeric powder and red chilli powder

• mix well

• add ground masala paste and combine well with all the seasonings

• add cleaned mutton pieces and mix well

• cover and cook in medium flame for 10 minutes

• add 2 cup water and salt

• mix well

• pressure cook the curry for 5 - 7 whistle or slow cook for 1 hour (slow cook brings more flavor to the curry)

• serve with hot plain rice or chapathi 

• taste good

Mutton Kuzhambu with Step-By-Step Photo Recipe

in a mixer grinder, add grated coconut

add poppy seeds

add garlic

add ginger

add shallots

add cumin seeds

add black pepper

add cloves and cinnamon stick

first, grind to a coarse paste

add 1 cup water

grind to a smooth paste

heat oil in a pressure cooker pan

add bay leaf and saute for few seconds

add thinly sliced onion, slitted green chilli and curry leaves

saute until onion turn translucent

add chopped tomato 

saute well till it turn mushy

add turmeric powder and red chilli powder

add ground masala paste

combine well with all the seasonings

add cleaned mutton pieces

mix well

cover and cook in medium flame for 10 minutes

add 2 cup water

add salt

pressure cook for 5-7 whistles or slow cook for 1 hour or until mutton pieces turn soft

mutton curry turns delicious

serve hot with plain rice or chapathi