Kerala Style Mutton Stew

4.12 from 17 votes

Mutton simmered in coconut milk with onion, ginger- garlic and spices. Appam with Mutton Stew is one of my favorite breakfast. Great combination with Idiyappam, puttu and bread also.

Prep Time10

Cook Time40

Total Time50

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: kerala

Servings: servings

Calories: 261kcal

Author: Jane Jojo

Ingredients

½ kilogram mutton

Gravy

1 number onion (medium)
3 numbers green chilli green
1 tablespoon garlic (crushed)
1 tablespoon ginger (crushed)
2 numbers cinnamon (1 inch stick)
2 numbers cardamom
5 numbers Cloves
1 teaspoon black pepper whole
½ teaspoon black pepper powder
2 teaspoon fennel powder
1 tablespoon coriander powder
2 sprigs curry leaves
1 cup coconut milk medium thick
1 cup coconut milk thick
coriander leaves (optional)
salt
coconut oil

Garnish

5 numbers shallot
1 tablespoon cashew nut
½ tablespoon raisin

Instructions

Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and fry for a minute.
Slit green chillies. Thinly slice the onions. Add onion, green chilli, curry leaves and salt.
Saute it until the onion is soft and translucent. Don't let it brown.
Crush/grind ginger and garlic. Fry it well for couple of minutes.
Add the spice powders - freshly crushed whole pepper, pepper powder, fennel powder and coriander powder. Fry the spice powders for 2 minutes.
Clean the mutton pieces and drain the water. Add mutton, ¼ cup water, salt and mix it well. Pressure cook for around four whistles or until meat is cooked. Don't overcook. Mutton has lot of fat and it would be melted by this time.
Either use the same cooker or transfer the above mutton with gravy to another pan for the rest of the preparation. Add medium thick coconut milk. Adjust salt and pepper. Let it cook for 5 minutes. Then add thick coconut milk. Mix it well.
Add coriander leaves. Bring it to boil and then switch off. Coriander leaves is optional.
Garnish - Chop shallots. In a small pan, add 2 teaspoons oil. Fry shallots. Keep it aside. Fry cashewnut and raisins in the same pan one after the other.
Add the garnish to the stew. Serve with Appam, Idiyappam, puttu or bread.

Notes

For a hint of tartness, add tomatoes.

Use fresh, bone-in mutton to extract deep flavors from the bones and collagen.

Toast whole spices and ground spices separately to release their aroma.

If you want the stew to be creamier, soak 1 tablespoon cashew in 2 tablespoon hot water for 15 minutes. Grind it to a smooth paste. Add cashew paste at the end to thicken it more.

Preparation of coconut milk from grated coconut - Grind 3 cups of grated coconut with 1 cup of lukewarm water. 1 cup thick coconut milk can be extracted from this. Lukewarm water helps you to extract coconut milk well. Grind the same coconut with 2 cups lukewarm water. 2 cups medium thick coconut milk can be prepared from this.

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