Kerala Syrian Christian Style Mutton / Lamb Fry (Mutton Ularthiyathu)
Posted Sep 15 2011 9:56am
Kerala Syrian Christian Style Mutton / lamb Fry (Mutton Ularthiyathu)
A delicious mutton fry, goes well with Appam, KeralaParotta, Rice, ....
Serves: 2
You will need
For mutton:
Wash and clean meat pieces well. Drain out water thoroughly.
For the marinade:
250 g mutton (lamb) pieces or instead of mutton, one can use beef 2 tablespoons (30 g) ginger - garlic paste 1 teaspoon red chilli powder 2 teaspoon coriander powder 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vinegar
Mix mutton pieces with all the marinade ingredients and keep aside for 1 hour.
In a pressure cooker, mix the marinated mutton pieces with 1 cup water (100 ml) and pressure cook for 35 minutes or until softens (reduce the heat after 3 rd whistle and cook on a low to medium heat for 25 minutes). Allow the cooker to cool naturally. Open the cooker (You may get half cup mutton stock. Reserve mutton stock / chaaru for another tasty dish). Carefully remove cooked mutton pieces.
For Ularthu / Seasoning:
For thengakothu:
2 tablespoon coconut bits (1/4 - inch thin bits) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 1 teaspoon oil
Mix coconut bits / thengakothu with turmeric powder and salt and keep aside for half hour. Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry marinated coconut bits until golden color, crisp and fragrant. Maintain low to medium heat.
Other ingredients
1 tablespoon oil 1 big onion, finely sliced 1 green chilli, slit lengthwise 1 spring curry leaves
Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add sliced onions and fry till golden brown and crisp.
Add curry leaves and slit green chilli. Saute well for 2 - 3 minutes. Add shallow fried coconut bits / thengakothu and stir well.
Add cooked mutton pieces, adjust salt to taste, sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon pepper powder if required. Mix all the ingredients well. Cover with a lid and cook on a low heat for 10 - 12 minutes or until dries up / onions well blended with mutton pieces. Open the lid and stir well on a low heat for 5 - 7 minutes. Serve with Appam, Parotta, Rice ....
For gravy dish:
Serves : 2 small size serving bowl (50 ml)
2 teaspoon oil 2 tablespoon sliced onions 3 curry leaves 2 tablespoon extra water (30 ml)
Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add sliced onions and fry till golden color. Add curry leaves and saute well for 2 minutes. Add reserved mutton stock / chaaru and extra 30 ml water. Cover with a lid and cook on a low heat for 10 minutes or until the gravy thickens / golden brown in color and fragrant. This gravy is an excellent combination with Appam / Parotta ...
Kerala Syrian Christian Style Mutton / lamb Fry (Mutton Ularthiyathu)
A delicious mutton fry, goes well with Appam, Kerala Parotta, Rice, ....
Serves: 2
You will need
For mutton:
Wash and clean meat pieces well. Drain out water thoroughly.
For the marinade:
250 g mutton (lamb) pieces or instead of mutton, one can use beef
2 tablespoons (30 g) ginger - garlic paste
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vinegar