Tamil Nadu

Mutton uppu kari

Name: Mutton uppu kari
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chettinad
Ingredients: 750 g bone in curry cut mutton (goat meat); 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup water; 3 1/2 tbsp gingelly oil sesame oil; 10 to 12 broken dried red chilli; 2 sprigs curry leaves; Shallots, about 20, peeled and halved; 6 cloves crushed garlic

Mutton, shallots, red chillies and salt. Chettinad proving you do not need a full spice box to show off.

75 minTime

41 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

368kcal

41 gprotein

3 gfibre

75minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Mutton (goat meat)750 g bone in, curry cut

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Salt1½ tsp

Water1 cup

Sesame oil3½ tbsp gingelly oil

Dried red chilli10 to 12, broken

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Shallotsabout 20, peeled and halved

Garlic6 cloves, crushed

Method

5 steps

1Pressure cook the mutton with turmeric, salt and the water for 5 to 6 whistles on medium heat. Let the pressure release naturally.
2Heat the gingelly oil in a heavy kadai and fry the broken chillies until they darken a shade. Add the curry leaves.
3Add the shallots and garlic and fry on medium until golden brown.
4Add the mutton with all its stock and cook on high, stirring, until the liquid has nearly gone.
5Lower the heat and roast, stirring every minute or so, until the mutton is dark, dry and well coated.

Serve it like this

Pile into a small bowl and serve with hot rasam rice or ghee rice, with sliced onion and a wedge of lemon.

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Mutton uppu kari

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