Mutton Korma

Mutton Korma is a Royal Dish famous since the Mughal period. It is a popular dish among the muslims. It is a feast during the eid time. You can have it with rice, parathas and bread. It is rich and a spicy meat curry. It is important to put the right amount of ingredients in order for the taste to be perfect.

Ingredients
1 Kg Mutton

½ Cup Curd

200 Gms Tomatoes

250 Gms Onion

8 Apricots

Ghee as Required

1 Tsp Methi Leaves (Chopped)

Salt to Taste

Haldi to Taste

For the Paste

1 Pod Garlic

3” Dry Coconut

8-10 Red Chilies

1 Tbsp Cumin Seeds

1 Tsp Coriander Seeds

1 Tsp Poppy Seeds

5 Gms Garam Masala

2” Ginger

Method

1. Clean, cut and wash mutton into medium size pieces with the bones.
2. Soak the apricots in water for sometime. Finely chop the onions, blench and chop the tomatoes.
3. Heat ½ tsp oil on tawa and fry all the mentioned in the paste column and grind them.
4. Heat little ghee and add the mutton with salt and fry till brown in colour.
5. Remove the mutton and keep aside. In the same oil fry onions till light brown and add the methi leaves and cook for a while, add the masala paste with haldi and cook. Add little water to cook the masala paste.
6. Add the tomatoes and cook till soft.
7. Add the mutton and cook on medium flame till liquid dries up.
8. Add curd and cook for a while.
9. Add sufficient water with apricots and cook till mutton is completely tender and required gravy remains. Adjust salt.
10. Remove and serve parathas.