Drumstick Mutton Curry (Munakkaya Mutton Curry)

Ingredients :

1 kg mutton, washed and drained

2 drumsticks, skinned, cut into 1 1/2 ” pieces and stir fried for 3 mts in 2 tsps oil

3 medium sized onions, finely chopped

2-4 green chillis, slit (adjust)

1 tsp red chilli powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1 tbsp coriander powder

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp roasted poppy seeds/khus-khus/ghasagasalu powder

1 1/2 tbspn oil

Garam Masala Powder

5 cloves

1 1/2″ cinnamon

1 cardamom

Preparation :

1 Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add the onions and green chillis and saute for 6-7 mts. Add ginger garlic paste and saute further for another 4 mts. Add the mutton and combine well. Cook on high heat for 7-8 mts, stirring the meat such that is doesn’t burn. Add chilli pwd, turmeric pwd, coriander pwd, jeera pwd, poppy seeds pwd and salt, combine.

2 Cook on medium heat for 7-8 mts and add 2 glasses of water. Pressure cook till three-fourth cooked. Remove lid, add garam masala pwd and the sauted drumsticks, simmer over low to medium heat, uncovered, till the meat and drumsticks are cooked and turn soft.

* Serve hot with white rice or rotis.