Mutton Madras

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Mutton Madras

Mutton Madras is a traditional Indian recipe for a classic highly-spiced curry of mutton, curry leaves and spices cooked in stock with tomato puree until thick and aromatic. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Indian version of: Mutton Madras.

prep time

35 minutes

cook time

90 minutes

Total Time:

125 minutes

Serves:

4–6

Rating:

Tags : Curry Spice Recipes Mutton Recipes Indian Recipes

Ingredients:

1kg good quality lean mutton cut into 3cm cubes
3 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp black mustard seeds
10 curry leaves (or methi (fenugreek) curry leaves)
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, grated
3cm piece of ginger, grated
2 tbsp ground coriander seeds
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp chilli powder (less if you don't wan it so hot)
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
3 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp tomato purée
240ml beef stock or strong vegetable stock
generous handful of chopped coriander

Method:

Place the mutton pieces in a bowl then add the coriander, cumin, salt, turmeric, chilli powder and vinegar. Mix thoroughly to combine then set aside to marinate for at least 30 minutes.

Add the oil to a large pan or wok and fry the mustard seeds until the begin to splutter and crack. Now add the curry leaves and quickly stir into the oil before adding the onions, garlic and ginger. Continue frying until the onions are a dark golden brown (about 10 minutes) then add the mutton and its spice marinade.

Continue frying until the meat is nicely browned on all sides before adding the stock and tomato purée. Bring the mixture to a boil then reduce to a simmer, cover and continue cooking for 1 hour, or until the beef is very tender and the gravy has thickened.

Take off the heat, stir-in the coriander leaves and serve hot with plain boiled rice.