Mutton Stew

Ingredients for Mutton Stew;

Goat meat or lamb – 250gms
Milk -1/2 cup
Vinegar – 1 tsp
Whole black pepper – 4-5 nos
Curry leaves – 2 bench
Potatoes(diced) – 1nos
Carrot(diced) -1nos
onion – 1 nos
Green chillies – 3 nos (remove seeds if you don’t like spicy)
Garlic pods – 1tsp chopped
Ginger -1tsp chopped
Cloves(Grambu) – 3-4nos
Fennel seeds(Perinjeerakam) – 1/2 tsp(optional)
Cinnamom(Karugapatta) – 1″ stick
Cardamom(Elakka) – 3 nos
Veg oil – 4 tbsp
Coconut milk(thick) – 1 cup
Ghee -1tbs(optional)
cashewnuts and rasisins for garnishing.(optional)
Instructions;

1.Soak the meat in milk for 2 hours.
2.Wash the meat and half cook in a pot with just enough water,salt, a 1tsp of vinegar, 1/4 tsp of ground black pepper and curry leaves.
3.Heat oil in a pan and stir fry the onions, curry leaves, ginger,garlic and green chillies until it turns golden brown.
4.Crush the Cloves, Fennel seeds, Cinnamom(Karuvapatta) and Cardamom(Elakka) and add them into the pan. Continue to stir fry.
5.Add potatoes and carrots & enough water to cook the potatoes&carrots. Add the half cooked Meat to it.
6.Cook until the potatoes,carrots and the half cooked meat is done.
Adjust vinegar and salt to your taste.
7.Add one full cup of thick coconut milk. Do not allow the contents to boil once the coconut milk has been added.
8.Garnish with cashewnuts and raisins.
8.Note that if the stew is too thin you can thicken it with cornflour