Saturday, October 6, 2012

Goat Curry


Goat/Lamb Curry (Serving size-4)


This weekend I didn't feel like going out anywhere, as we were back from a trip just last weekend. Rather decided to cook some favorite yummy food and be lazy at home. Its not easy to get good lamb meat, around our place. Luckily, I got good meat yesterday. My taste buds craved for goat curry, which I don't cook often. So, here is my recipe.

This is a coconut based gravy with lot of spices.  Happy cooking :)



Ingredients:
  • Lamb/Goat
  • Coconut - 1/2 cup (grated and dry roasted)
  • Ginger - 8 cloves
  • Garlic - small piece
  • Potato - 1 (big sized)
  • Cinnamon
  • Cloves
  • Salt to taste
  • Onion - 1 (Big sized - Chopped)
  • Tomato - 1 (chopped)
  • Coriander powder - 2 tsp
  • Garam Masala - 1 tsp
  • Chili powder
  • Turmeric powder - pinch
  • Mustard seed
  • Black pepper
  • Cumin seeds
  • Cilantro (chopped)
  • lemon - 1/2 
  • Water
Procedure:
  1. Take the meat in pressure cooker, add salt, 3 cloves of garlic, some black pepper, 1/2 tsp Coriander powder, Garam masala, some chopped coriander leaves, Turmeric powder, chilli powder, lemon juice from 1/2 lemon. Mix everything and let it cook well.
  2. Cook the potato separately with pinch of salt.
  3. Heat a pan and dry roast grated coconuts until it turns brown and keep it aside.
  4. In a pan, add some oil. When the oil is hot, add mustard seed, cumin seeds, chopped garlic, ginger, onions, tomatoes, salt, remaining Coriander powder, garam masala one by one and saute well till the raw flavor goes. 
  5. Finally, add coconut (roasted) and let it cool.
  6. When the mixture is cooled, grind it to make a smooth paste.
  7. In a pan, add the mixture, cooked potatoes and add cooked meat.
  8. Garnish with chopped cilantro.