Mutton Kulambu Recipe .

How to Make Mutton Kulambu RECIPE.

Ingredients :

Lamb | Mutton - use tender cuts of mutton pieces with bone-in for best flavour. Bone-in mutton is best for making any kulambu since it adds so much flavour to the gravy.

Onions - You can use onions or shallots in kulambu. You need onions for making masala as well as sauteing.

Tomatoes - ground tomatoes is added in the marination which makes the gravy thick and tasty.

Ginger & Garlic - add lots of ginger garlic paste which gives a wonderful aroma.

Green Chillies - fresh green chillies adds flavour and gives the gravy spicy kick.

Spice Powders - usual spices like chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder is used.

Coconut - every traditional kulambu recipe uses coconut which gives the taste. I add some fennel seeds into the coconut for grinding. You can add some cashews, roasted gram dal or almonds in this when grinding which gives a thicker gravy.

Make Marination:

Take onion, tomato, spice powders in a blender and make it into a fine puree.I added some salt as well.

You can add little water if you want. But the water from the tomatoes is enough to make it into a fine paste. Mm

Add this paste into the mutton pieces and mix well.

Allow this to marinate for 10 to 15 minutes. You can leave to marinate overnight also, but it is not required.

Pressure cooking Mutton :

Take the marinated mutton in a pressure cooker. Add ½ cup of water to this if needed. We are going to pressure cook the mutton.

Cover the pressure cooker and cook for 5 to 6 whistle. If you are making this in a cooking pot instead of pressure cooker. It might take around 1 hour to 1.5 hours to cook the mutton. I have included instant pot method below make sure you check that.

Now the mutton is cooked completely. Set this aside so we can make the base.

Grinding Coconut :

Take coconut, fennel seeds in a blender. You can add some cashews, roasted gram dal or almonds in this when grinding which gives a thicker gravy.

Grind the coconut fennel seeds to a fine paste. Set this aside. We will be using this in the end.

Make Mutton Kulambu :

Heat coconut oil in a large pot. Add in curry leaves, sliced onions and green chillies.

Pro Tip: Instead of onions you can use chopped shallots. Shallots gives a sweet flavour to the curry.

Saute the onions till it gets lightly golden brown. Add in spice powders and mix well.

Once the spice powders are added, reduce the flame and cook else the spices may get burnt. Add in the cooked mutton pieces along with the cooking liquid.