Being in a typical Maharashtrian family, Sunday was always looked upon as a Non Veg bonanza day starting from breakfast to Lunch, dinner at times was skipped due to the heavy duty meal or was closed with a simple bone soup and some freshly baked bread, brought from a near by bakery._x000D_
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Typically, Kohlapuri food is high on spice and is heavy gravy based. Requires quite a bit up of prep work and patience. But trust me, if you have all the ingredients at hand and have an hour of free time with you. You can surely make a lip smacking Mutton Kohlapuri at your own home!!_x000D_
And this one is surely for the ongoing recipe contest as well :)
Ensure that you have all the dry spices ready and seggregated
The first step is to create a dry masala powder - use this powder to make curries with any of the red meats
Ingredients for the dry masala are _x000D_
1 cup Coriander seeds_x000D_
1 tbsp - Methi/Fenugreek seeds_x000D_
1 tbsp - White sesame seeds_x000D_
1/2 cup - Dry coconut grated_x000D_
1/2 tbsp - Poppy Seeds_x000D_
1 tbsp - Cumin/Jeera Seeds _x000D_
2 tbsp Whole peppercorns_x000D_
1tbsp Saunf_x000D_
4 Red Chillies Whole (smooth)_x000D_
4 Red Chillies Whole (crumpled)
Heat a wok on medium flame, add all the dry masala ingredients
Dry Roast all the ingredients until the spices emit their flavors. This will probably take 4-5mins
Add the roasted spices to a grinding jar
Grind it to a fine powder and set aside
INGREDIENTS FOR WET MASALA_x000D_
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This masala is enough for 250gms of Mutton, increase the onion and garlic qty basis the mutton used_x000D_
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1 medium sliced Onion_x000D_
5-6 Sprigs of Coriander leaves_x000D_
5-6 Garlic Pods_x000D_
2 Inch Ginger
Fry the onions to a light golden brown in little oil
Add the coriander leaves, ginger, garlic and fried onion into a grinding jar
Blend all the ingredients to a fine paste by adding little water
Now that you have both the Dry and Wet masala ready, lets start off by cooking the Gravy
Ingredients for the gravy _x000D_
250 Gms Mutton pieces_x000D_
Juice of 1 lime_x000D_
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp_x000D_
Dry Masala Powder - 7 tbsp_x000D_
Wet masala - use the entire fine paste_x000D_
1 large onion - sliced_x000D_
1 large tomato - sliced_x000D_
1 tbsp - Curd _x000D_
3-4 Green cardamon_x000D_
4 Cloves_x000D_
2 Bay leaves_x000D_
Oil for cooking_x000D_
Coriander leaves for garnish
Marinate the mutton pieces in lime juice, pinch of salt, curd and turmeric powder . For a min 1hr
Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add the whole spices
Once the spices splutter, add the sliced onion and fry until they are translucent
Next add the tomatoes and cook until they turn mushy
Add the marinated mutton pieces once the tomatoes are cooked and the oil starts to separate. Cook the meat on medium flam for 5 mins
Next add the wet masala to the Mutton mixture and stir until it coats all the pieces . Cook till the raw masala smell disappears by stirring occasionally
Finally add salt, the dry kohlapuri masala powder and stir again. Check on the spice levels and adjust accordingly
Add one cup of water, basis the gravy consistency desired. Cook on low flame for 2-3 whistles