My daily cuisine – mutton curry

{ April 13, 2009 @ 5:25 am } · { Asian food, Mutton curry, Myanmar foods, Rice }
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Hi, my menu today is a simple one.. Indeed, a very traditional Burmese meal yet delicious. It’s masala mutton curry… Oh yes, it goes well with Ba La Chaung Kyaw and Chin Paung Kyaw. That’s exactly what I am planning today. Together with Cucumber. This is the recipe for my mutton curry..

• Half kg of chopped mutton cubes (shoulder part) – more meaty
• 3 big onions
• 3 big spoonful of Canola oil ( You can also use olive oil)  
• 2 garlics
• a ten cent coin size of ginger
• 3 tsp of ready made fried onions ( If you prefer fresh, you can fry the finely chopped onions)
• Ka Ra Wae leaves – fried till fragmented
• 1/2 small tsp of Cumin Seeds  (sa mone sa pa)
• 1 tsp of Indian Marsala
• 3 tsp of Yogurt
• 1 and 1/2 tsp of Chili powder
• 1 and 1/2 tsp of Tumarind powder
• 2 tsp of Fish sauce
• 1 small tsp of salt

Right..thats pretty much ingrediants to cook mutton curry. The first step is to marinate the thoroughly cleaned mutton cubes with 1/2 tsp of tumeric powder , 1/2 tsp of chilli powder , 1/2 tsp of masala, salt, 1 tsp of fish sauce and 3 tsp of yogurt. Put it in the fridge for atleast an hour to let the meat absorb all the favour. Meantime, you can prepare your onions and garlic. Chopped it corsely first and grind it again. In this step, you can either use the blender or pound it traditionally. For me, I always choose the traditional way.

When the onions and garlics are ready, pound or blend the ginger and put it aside. Deep Fry  the ginger and put in onion and gralic paste when it is frangranted. Fry till the paste is golden and put the chilli powder. Put the meat into the dish. Pour one tsp of fish sauce, masala, ka ra wae leaves, cumins seeds and sprinkle some salt into the pot. Turn the fire to highest and fry it till everything mix well . When the meat gets slightly cooked, put 2 cups of water. and close it with the lid. Adjust the fire to medium and cook for for 25 or 30 mins depending on the softness of the meat. Check the pot after a while and adjust the fire as necessary. Thats sounds pretty long and tedious job but hey practice makes ^_^

Mutton Curry

         

Chin Puang Kyaw