Bengali Kasha Mangsho....Mutton curry

My mother and mother in law both happen to be Bengali and I'd like to believe that I can speak good Bengali and my heart definitely says I am half Bengali not because my mother hails from West bengal but because I relate very very very well to Durga Puja, the Dhak ( special Drums,) arati dance, Khichuri and not to forget my dida's ( Grandma in Bengali) Kasha mangsho. I would love the aroma when on a visit to my grandparents on a  Sunday afternoon as a kid.... So dida and dadu heres to you

 

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Ingredients:

500gms Mutton (Goat meat)
4 Potatoes  cut into quarters
2 tablespoons yogurt
3 medium sized Onions
8-10 cloves Garlic
 2 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
 ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
7 tablespoons Mustard oil 
Salt to taste

Method:

• Chop one onion and make a paste of the other two
• Take the mutton in a large bowl,  marinate with onion, yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, 2 tablespoon mustard oil  and salt
• Heat 3 tablespoon of oil in a pan and half fry the potatoes, keep aside
• Pour in the rest of the oil in the same pan, and sauté the chopped onions and garlic cloves
• Put in the marinated mutton, turmeric, salt and  stir in low flame till the mutton becomes absolutely dry and the oil separate.
• Add the dried up mutton in a pressure cooker and pour in 3 cups of water, close the lid and wait for 3 whistle
• Open the lid and put in the potatoes and pressure cook for 2 more whistles
• Take out and  serve hot 

 

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If you are in hurry to cook lamb/ Mutton ... cook with a slice of apple, it hurries the process
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