If you love eating, you can surely be a good cook, but to be an excellent one, you should have good critics at home. For that I owe to my husband and my children.

I dedicate this blog to the young ladies - "the starters".

Friday, July 13, 2007

Mutton Stew



Mutton -1/4 kg
Potatoes – 3
Carrot - 1
Peas -2tbsp
Beans –6
Onion -1
Chillies - 2
Ginger - 2 inch
Garlic -3
Curry leaves
Bay leaves -1
Water -1/2 glass
Oil -1tbsp
Vineger -1tbsp
Cinnamon -2
Cardamom -4
Cloves -2
Pepper -12
One whole coconut grated
maida -2tsp , pepper powder -1tsp
Cut mutton and potatoes in big pieces .
Crush garlic , ginger and chillies .Also crush cinnamon ,cardamom ,
Cloves and pepper .
Extract coconut milk from 1 full coconut grated .Keep aside the first and
Second milk .
Keep a pressure cooker on fire , pour 1 tbsp of oil add the crushed
spices ,then chilli ,ginger ,garlic and onions . Add salt and sauté for
2minutes ,add peas ,beans ,carrot ,potatoes ,mutton , bay leaves
and curry leaves with ½ a glass of water and salt to taste .Pressure cook it for 30 minutes .
Turn off the flame . After 5 minutes open the lid and add the second
Coconut milk and let it simmer for 10 minutes .Now pour the first
Milk and keep on low flame for 2 minutes then add the maida desolved in
¼ glass of water , go on stiring for 2 more minutes .Turn off the fire and
add vinegar , pepper powder and stir .Serve after 10 minutes .
You can make a vegetable stew the same way .

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