Recipe: Appealing Bengali Mutton Curry

Bengali Mutton Curry.

You can have Bengali Mutton Curry using 27 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Bengali Mutton Curry

1. Prepare of For marinade.
2. You need 1 tsp of cumin powder.
3. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of turmeric powder.
4. It's 1/2 tbsp of red chilli powder.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of kefir or smoothly whipped yoghurt.
6. Prepare to taste of Salt.
7. You need 1 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste.
8. It's 1/2 of kilo mutton shank.
9. It's of For the curry.
10. It's of Mustard oil.
11. You need 5 of dry bay leaves.
12. Prepare 3 of dry red chillies.
13. You need 2 of medium onions, sliced as thinly as possible.
14. You need 1/2 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste.
15. You need 5 of cardamom pods.
16. It's 5 of cloves.
17. It's 1 inch of cinnamon stick.
18. Prepare 3/4 tsp of coriander seed powder.
19. You need of Green chilli paste made from 3 or 4 Thai chillies.
20. It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
21. It's 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
22. You need 2 of potatoes.
23. You need 2 litres of hot water.
24. You need to taste of Salt.
25. It's Pinch of garam masala powder.
26. It's 1/2 tsp of ghee.
27. Prepare 2 tbsp of yoghurt or 1/4 cup kefir.

Bengali Mutton Curry guidelines

1. Marinate the meat for at least 2 hours - overnight is best, with salt, turmeric, chilli powder, cumin powder, ginger-garlic paste, yoghurt, and mustard oil..
2. Pour enough mustard oil in a pan to create a 1 centimetre layer. Heat on medium till just barely smoking, and oil’s colour lightens to pale yellow. Add bay leaves, dry chillies, cloves, cardamom pods, and cinnamon stick..
3. Fry onions till medium brown, but they shouldn’t be crispy. Add ginger-garlic paste, and fry for a minute..
4. Tilt the pan and gather the oil to one side, and add the turmeric and chilli powder, fry for a few seconds and then mix everything together..
5. Add green chilli paste and coriander powder and then mix well..
6. Turn heat to low, let pan cool for 30 seconds to a minute, add yoghurt/kefir and stir vigorously to prevent it from splitting..
7. Add the meat and sauté till slightly browned..
8. Add the hot water, bring it down to a simmer, and simmer from 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours..
9. Add ghee and garam masala, stir, and remove from the flame..