Mutton Stew (The Drunken Pig version)

Ingredients

1 kg Mutton (with bone, cut in small to medium pieces)

1 Onion (chopped in small pieces)

3 Green Chili

Few Peppercorn balls

3 Large Cinnamon sticks

Ghee or White Butter

2 Tbsps Ginger and Garlic (grated, mashed)

Salt

Lots of Coriander

For Masala

2 Tsp Cumin seeds

2 Aniseed pods

4 Elaichi (Cardamom)

1 Tsp Corriander seeds

3 Red Dry Chilis

1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder

1 Tsp Coriander Powder

1 Tsp Fennel seeds

2 Cloves

Method

Grind ingredients for masala together and leave aside.

Pressure cook mutton with peppercorn and salt. 3 whistles in a pressure cooker should do.

In a large cooking dish, on low-medium flame, add 1 tsp ghee and fry onions, 1 tbsp garlic and ginger. Add green chilis, and brown the mix to a light colour. Add almost-cooked mutton and shallow fry lightly till they are brown too. Add Masala (ground), salt and more remaining ginger garlic.

After 10 minutes of frying this mixture, add stock water, cinnamon and cover dish. Keep on low flame. Let the whole dish brew for 30 - 40 mins on low flame. Add coriander and cover the dish again for another 15 mins.

You can also leave the dish open if you want the mutton to have less curry/ stew. Else keep covered at all times.