Mutton Stew

Posted By : Joanna D'souza 

Mutton Stew is a light soup like gravy with Mutton and Vegetables Such as Carrot , Potato & Green Peas , Its light as it doesn’t have Coconut and light on spices too , It Tastes very good with Steamed Rice or Fugias , Mutton Stew is one of East Indians Favourite dish cooked for Weddings & Every feast or any special occasion or for Sunday meals too .

Boiling Of Mutton :

½ kg mutton with Bones & Marrow

Cut Mutton pieces into appropriate size

Wash it 2 to 3 times drain of all the excess water

Place this meat in a pressure cooker

Add just 1 cup of water

Add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder

And 1 teaspoon of Salt

Then On a Medium Heat  

Pressure cook it for 25 to 30 minutes around 5 to 6 whistles

Cook  until bones soften and meat almost cooked.

Remove it along with the stock and set it  aside

Required Ingredients

On the other side prepare the list of other things required to make your stew

Finely chop 3 large pieces of Onion

4 finely chopped Green Chillies

½ inch piece Ginger finely chopped

½  pod Garlic finely chopped

1 large Tomatoes finely chopped

2 long sliced  skinned Potatoes

1/2 Cup frozen or fresh Green Peas

2 carrots tender sliced

1 pinch of Saffron

2 tablespoon of Semolina Rava .

2 to 3 tablespoon of Oil

Salt to taste

Stew powder

I use 1 tablespoon Homemade Stew Masala which consists of

25 pods Of Green  Elaichi / Cardomom

7 inch sticks of Dalchini,

35 pcs Lavang

Please Note no Need to pan roast these spices directly place it  

Grind this into Fine Powder in Dry Mixer

Store it in small glass bottle , This Masala is exclusively used for Mutton / Chicken / Beef  Stews 

Method Of Preparation

Heat oil in Vessel add some Oil to it 

Then start with Onion saute  it until soft and Transculent

Then add Green Chillies fry well until soft

Then add finely chopped  Ginger &  Garlic fry nicely

Mix all this well until flavour erupt’s

Then add finely chopped Tomatoes and cook until its soft and dissolved

Then add Boiled Mutton along with its Stock

Add little bit of more water that you require to make your  Gravy

Then add your sliced Potatoes , sliced Carrot and Green Peas to it

Then add your Stew Masala at this point

You can add ½ teaspoon of Turmeric Powder if you like more at this point 

Pinch of Saffron

Then finally add bit of Semolina Rava to thicken your gravy

Cook it till you get the desired Taste and Consistency

Balance Salt and Stew powder to give that  Stewy  Flavour to Your Mutton

Enjoy it while its still Hot with Fugias or Steam Rice it goes best with it   .