Chettinad Mutton Chops

Ingredients

1 kilo mutton chops

3 onions

4 medium tomatoes

4 tablespoon ginger- garlic paste

2 green chili

3 teaspoon cumin seeds

2teaspoon black pepper corns

2 teaspoon mustard seeds

5 tablespoon coriander powder

5 dried red chillies

3 teaspoon red chilli powder

2 teaspoon turmeric powder

6 cloves

2 inch cinnamon stick

2 bay leaf

Salt to taste

5 tablespoon oil

 

 Marinating Chops

3 teaspoon red chilli powder

2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon cumin powder

2 onions finey chopped

 

Coriander leaves for garnish

 

Method

  1. Clean and wash mutton chops well. Marinate the chops with 3 teaspoon red chili powder and salt for about 2 to 4 hours. To the marinated mutton add 2 teaspoon cumin powder and 1 finely chopped onions and 1 cup water and  cook for 20 min.
  2. Chop onions fine and puree them along with green chili. Chop tomatoes and puree it separately. Keep aside.
  3. Heat a pan. Dry roast cumin seeds, black pepper corns, coriander seeds, dried red chilies and mustard seeds. Roast them on low flame for about a minute until it starts to splutter, cool and then grind into powder.
  4. Heat 5 tablespoon oil in a wide pan. Add cloves, cinnamon stick and bay leaf.
  5. Add onion green chilli paste and sauté till raw smell of the onion paste is gone.
  6. Add ginger garlic paste and cook till raw smell of the paste is gone.
  7. Add tomato puree and cook till tomato puree thickens and oil separates from the edges of the pan.
  8. Now add spice powders- red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and the powdered spice mix along with salt. Cook for about 3 min.
  9. Add cooked mutton chops along with the water in it. Simmer and cook for about 25 minutes. Add water if needed. Check for salt.
  10. Allow to stand for a while.