This is a wonderful dish which will make your day and the best thing is that red chilli powder is not added in it. It is made in cracked black pepper, tomatoes and normal salt. Do try this and enjoy your Eid with family and friends …
Mutton Karahi
Ingredients
- 750 gms diced lamb/ mutton or beef (You can use meat with bones, there is no difference in the method of cooking and preparation)
- 2 onions sliced (medium to large size)
- 1 cup oil
- 2 tbspns meat tenderizer (best meat tenderizer is green papaya paste)
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 1 tspn ginger paste
- 1 tspn garlic paste
- 1 tspn red chilli paste (OPT) (For Hot Flavour)
- ½ tspn cinnamon powder (fresh)
- 2 cloves and 2 big cardamoms crushed
- 1 tbspn cracked black pepper
- ½ tspn of nigella seeds (kalonji seeds)
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 cup yogurt
- A pinch of turmeric
FOR WHOLE GARAM MASALA
- 1 big cardamom
- 1 small cardamom
- 1 stick of cinnamon
- Few fenugreek seeds and leaves
- ½ tspn cumin seeds
FOR GARNISHING
- 2 – 4 green chillies sliced vertically
- A bunch of green fresh coriander chopped
- Few juliennes of ginger
Procedure:
-Marinade meat in vinegar and meat tenderizer (best meat tenderizer is green papaya paste) for 12 – 14 hours.
-Heat oil in a deep pan and add onions and whole garam masala and fry until onions change their color. Now add lamb pieces, turmeric and ginger garlic paste. Stir fry for 10 minutes. Now add salt to taste on low medium heat cook the meat.
-When the moisture vanishes and oil comes up, add yogurt and tomatoes and other spices except black pepper and cook on low heat until it takes a form of masala. This process will take approximately 20 minutes.
-Now add black pepper and stir. Take it out in a dish and garnish with garnishing ingredients written above.
-Serve hot with naan bread or tandoori roti.
Outcome:
Tasty and aromatic mutton karahi is ready to serve.
Nov 12, 2010 @ 17:31:39
One of my favourite dishes is “Mutton Karahi”, The most appealing thing is that u have added 1/2 cup vinegar in this recipe that will definately make this dish very delicious.
Nov 12, 2010 @ 20:29:32
fantastic and very delicious.
Nov 15, 2010 @ 11:23:52
Ayaz i know wht it is fantastic and delicious 🙂
Nov 12, 2010 @ 22:51:12
thanks guys
Nov 13, 2010 @ 00:03:17
Wow…. yumm… We will try this at home! Ayaz is so lucky!
Nov 14, 2010 @ 16:45:55
I’ll try this next weekend insha allah, sounds yummy!
Apr 10, 2011 @ 08:43:34
Thx for the recipe. It really came in handy! I hope you post more ethnic recipes!
Apr 10, 2011 @ 13:10:51
Hi Lubna,
I have a great range of ethnic Pakistani recipes on the main page in the side bar and I have a tag “Pakistani Delicacies” too, u can have a look at them and if u want some special recipe, email me at ayesha.haq1@hotmail.com.
Ayesha Haq
May 06, 2014 @ 06:34:20
Hi Ayesha, so for the tenderiser I need to get a very green papaya cut a piece and blend it?
Oct 11, 2016 @ 04:26:20
The best mutton karahi recipe of all time its really amazing in taste i tried and just found like highway dhaba style
Nov 25, 2016 @ 16:11:12
Again thanks for the wonderful remarks 🙂 Glad that you like it.
Oct 11, 2016 @ 04:27:32
the best mutton karahi ever
Nov 25, 2016 @ 16:10:34
Thanks for the appreciation Ammad 🙂
Nov 06, 2016 @ 15:48:30
Please can you tell me what type of vinegar you use? For example white vinegar or malt vinegar?
Thanks
Nov 25, 2016 @ 16:07:54
Thanks for the question, I use white vinegar. 🙂