Mutton Pepper Roast recipe in Kerala style

                                             Mutton Pepper Roast


Mutton Pepper roast is a Malabar dish,seen in Northern parts of Kerala.Its a semi gravy dish and can served with rice,chapathi,appam etc..

Ingredients needed

• 1Kg cleaned Mutton
• ¾ dsp Chilli powder
• ½ tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 dsp Coriander powder
• 2 tsp Pepper powder
• ½ tsp Cumin
• 1 tsp Aniseed
• 2 Cinnamon
• 3 Cloves
• 2 Cardamom pods
• 8 Garlic
• 2 tsp Ginger sliced
• Curry leaves- 2 leaflets
• Salt- to taste
•  water-1 cup
•   For Seasoning
• ¼ cup oil
• 1 cup button(small) onions

Cooking Method 

• Wash and clean the mutton. Cut into medium size pieces and keep in a large mixing bowl.

• Heat all these  ingredients in a pan- ¾ dsp Chilli powder,1 dsp Coriander,1/2 tsp turmeric,1 tsp whole pepper kernel,1/2 tsp cumin,1 tsp aniseed,2 cinnamon,3 cloves,2 cardamom pod. Don’t burn it. Allow to cool the masala and grind it to make a paste
• Marinate the cleaned meat with the freshly prepared masala paste and keep it for half an hour.
• Transfer the marinated meat to a pressure cooker and add adequate amount of water(depends upon the quantity of cooker and meat).

• I used a 3L cooker for cooking. Switch on the flame and wait for 3 whistles.
• Switch off the flame and allow to stand  for reducing the pressure.
• Take another pan, when it is hot  add ¼ cup oil(or you can add the fat layer formed  on  the top layer of cooked meat)So you can avoid extra oil.

• When the oil gets hot add 1 cup of small button onions ,saute  and make it transluscent.
• Tip: You can sprinkle salt to the onion for making onion brown a little faster.
• Add Ginger and Garlic paste or slices and roast it with onion.

• Reduce the flame and add 1 tsp Garam masala powder(Grinded at home or available  in packets),1 dsp Meat masala powder.Mix all the masalas with onion.
• When everything combines to form dry masala, add cooked pork with 3/4cup of gravy from the pressure cooker.

• Mix thoroughly with all masalas,and make it dry in reduced flame
• When the mutton is  well coated with all masalas and little gravy, remove from fire and transfer it to a serving bowl.
• Add crushed fresh pepper for more flavor.
• Garnish with mint or cilantro or curry leaves.
• Serve with any rice dishes or appam or chapathi

Cheers,

Kottayam Kitchen team