Country Captain Mutton Curry

Mutton Curry is a delicious Indian mutton meat curry, made with onion, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, herbs, and spices. Mutton is easy to cook, but adding spices and herbs makes it more delicious. Here is an easy recipe to cook a mutton curry that you can try at home.

Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine Anglo-Indian, East-Indian, Indian

Keyword Chicken, country captain chicken

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 402kcal

Ingredients

1 kg Mutton cut into 2-inch pieces
2 tbsp Cooking oil
2 tbsp Ghee
1 tbsp Sugar
½ tsp Salt or more to taste
¼ tsp Black pepper

Ground masala

8 Red chilies soaked in hot water
1 tsp Coriander seeds dhania
1 tsp Cumin seeds jeera
½ tsp Turmeric powder haldi

Cut masala

500 grams Onion (4 large) sliced
2 inch Ginger sliced
10 Garlic cloves sliced
4 Green chilies (or less) sliced
2 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped
½ kg Tomatoes chopped

Plus

200 grams Potato chips or wafers for garnish

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Masala paste - place all the ground masala ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend to a smooth paste
Pro tip - soaking the red chilies for 10 minutes will soften them and give a smoother rather than coarse texture to the paste. You can deseed the chilies to make them less spicy.
In a pan over medium heat, add 1 tbsp oil, and 1 tbsp ghee. Brown the mutton on all sides with 1 tbsp of sugar. Once browned take them out of the pan and set them aside.
Pro tip - the sugar caramelizes giving the chicken a beautiful brown color and caramel flavor. So keep the heat to medium and let it brown evenly.
To the same pan, add the remaining 1 tbsp of oil and ghee. Saute the onions until almost golden brown. Add the ginger and garlic and saute for another 2 minutes. Then add the chopped tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes more.
Pro tip - I like to add another 1 tbsp of sugar to the onions to help them get a nice color and flavor but that is optional.
Next, add the ground masala paste and saute well for at least 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant.
Return the mutton pieces along with juices to the pan and combine well. Season with salt and pepper. Add 1 cup water and cover.
Pro tip - if you use frozen chicken and have too much liquid in the pan, reduce water to just 1/2 cup. This curry is meant to be thick.
Cook for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. The curry must be thick so if necessary open and cook on high for excess water to evaporate.
Pro tip - a good sign that the chicken is cooked would be the presence of oil on the top of the dish.
Finally, sprinkle with chopped coriander and potato wafer or chips.

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