Lamb (Mutton) Stew with Coconut Milk | Mutton Stew Curry Recipe
Tender Lamb or mutton cooked with minimum spices in a creamy coconut milk gravy. The stew has fresh vegetables like carrots, green peas, beans and also potato. A perfect meal with a bowl of rice.
Ingredients
- 500 grams Mutton with bones
- 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- Whole Spices (Cardamom 4, Cinnamon 2 ", Cloves 5)
- 3 medium Onions, finely chopped
- 1 inch Ginger
- 6 Garlic cloves
- 8 Green chillies
- 300 ml Coconut Milk
- 1 Carrot
- ½ cup Green peas
- 6 - 7 French beans
- 1 tsp Garam Masala powder
- 1 tsp Black pepper powder
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice/vinegar
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Add vegetable oil into a pot and then add a few whole spices. When the spices splutter add the crushed ginger, garlic, and chillies and fry for a few minutes.
- Add finely chopped onions and saute the onions until they turn translucent.
- Once the onions are translucent add the mutton pieces. Also, add salt to taste and half a teaspoon of turmeric powder. Fry the mutton pieces along with the onions for at least 2 minutes.
- Now cover the pot and cook the mutton until done. This should take approx. 30 to 35 minutes depending on the meat as well as the cooking heat.
- When the mutton is cooked add the vegetables, garam masala powder, and coconut milk. Cover the pot once again and allow the vegetables to cook.
- After the vegetables are cooked, it's time to finish off the mutton/lamb stew with a generous dash of black pepper powder. Also, add lemon juice or vinegar to taste and finally add the remaining coconut milk. Simmer the stew for 2 minutes and then switch off the flame.
- Serve Lamb or Mutton Stew with steamed rice
Notes
- You could also make this mutton stew in a pressure cooker to save time.
- Add a generous amount of black pepper powder, this adds the much-needed spice to the stew.
- Add vegetables as per your choice.