Railway Mutton Curry

Railway Mutton Curry

Railway Mutton Curry is a British Raj colonial-era dish, which used to be served on long distance trains. Cooked with potatoes, whole spices, tamarind and coconut milk, this recipe gives a soothing taste to your taste buds as well as satisfies your visual imagination.

Ingredients

·       ½ kg Mutton

·       2 large Potatoes diced into big pieces

·       2 medium sized onions thinly chopped

·       1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste

·       ½ cup tamarind pulp

·       1 cup Coconut Milk 

·       Whole Spices –Bay leaves, cloves, green cardamom, black cardamom, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, and dry red chilies

·       1 teaspoon coriander powder,

·       1 teaspoon turmeric powder,

·       ½ teaspoon red chili powder,

·       1 teaspoon cumin powder,

·       1 teaspoon fennel powder

·       ½ teaspoon kashmiri mirch powder

·       Salt to taste

How to cook

Pressure cook half kg mutton with salt and turmeric powder for 3-4 whistles so that it is 80% cooked. Keep it aside. Take a small quantity of tamarind and soak it in water for half an hour. Then with the help of a sieve separate the seeds from the tamarind water. Next take a medium sized wok and add 2 tablespoons of mustard oil. Once the oil starts getting hot add few bay leaves, dried red chillies, a teaspoon of cumin seeds, fennel seeds and some green cardamom and few sticks of cinnamon. Once the ingredients start spluttering, add 2 teaspoon of ginger garlic paste and 2 finely chopped onions. Sauté all the ingredients on medium flame till the onion gets translucent. Add medium pieces of potatoes and fry for some time. Then add half teaspoon of turmeric powder, one teaspoon cumin powder, one teaspoon fennel powder(optional), Kashmiri mirch powder, chilli powder and salt to taste. Add the tamarind water as well. Mix all of it properly and once the masala starts separating oil add the pressure-cooked mutton along with the stock. Bring it boil and adjust the salt as per your taste. Once the potatoes become tender add a cup of coconut milk and give it a good stir and let it boil for few more minutes. Turn off the gas and serve it with steamed rice.