MUTTON KHEEMA

It is impossible to not have a craving for spicy minced meat once in a while. Minced meat has always been my favourite, specially minced meat and I love trying variations with it. This one that I have shared with you tops among the favourites in our home, it is spicy and full of flavours, but it is easy to make. This minced  meat recipe is just a savior recipe for me, it’s such a fuss free recipe and tastes too good. The spices adds a special flavour to the curry. This red hot curry goes well as sides or as curry with rice, rotis, naan,etc.

There are an abuntant number of mincemeat recipes around the world, each mincemeat recipe uses mince differently, adding its own distinct flavour, taste and look.

The cuisine draws its flavour from two rich legacies- the Deccan cuisine of Nizams and the spicy Andhra style food, laced with mustard, garlic and chillies.

  So here is the recipe of superhot and tasty minced mutton masala is now ready!!

 INGREDIENTS:
500 gms Minced Meat

½ Cup Yogurt

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder

1 tablespoon Garlic-Ginger Paste

2 tablespoon Oil [as required]

1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds

2-3 Green Cardamoms

1 Black Cardamom

3-4 Cloves

1 Inch Stick Cinnamon

5-6 Black Peppercorns

2-3 Onion Finely Chopped +1 Chopped big sized Onion

1 inch piece Ginger Chopped

2-3 Green Chillies Chopped

2 Dry Red Chillies [optional]

1 Small sized Capsicum

1 tablespoon Red Chilli Powder

1 tablespoon Coriander Powder

1 Big Sized Tomato Chopped

1 Egg Boiled [optinal]

Fresh Chopped Coriander

METHOD:

STEP 1 – Wash the minced meat under running water and remove water from it.

STEP 2 – Mix meat with yogurt, salt, turmeric powder and garlic paste. Keep this aside for about 2-3 hours. [If making it in a hurry then 1 hour is also sufficient.]

 STEP 3 – Heat oil in a kadhai and add cumin seeds, green cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon and black peppercorns and sauté till fragrant.

Add onion and capsicum chopped big sized. Let cook them for 1-2 minutes and then add finely chopped onion to it. Cook it till golden brown.

STEP 4 – Add ginger-garlic paste, green chillies, red chilli powder and coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and salt and sauté well.

STEP 5 – Then add chopped tomato and cook till they becomes soft. Saute till fat leaves the masala.

STEP 6 – Add marinated mincemeat and cook on medium heat for 20-25 minutes. 

STEP 7 – Add 1/2 cup water and cook for next 20-25 minutes. Let check the spices and adjust them as per your liking taste.

At this time, add Kashmiri red chilli powder[optional] and mix well and again cook covered for next 10-15 minutes.

Check if the minced meat has got cooked to perfection. Garnish with chopped coriander and your spicy Mutton Kheema ready to serve.

Serve mutton kheema as a main or side dish with any bread varities or simply with rice.

NOTE: Reduce the spiciness according to your wish, I have made it very spicy.

          You can make the same with minced chicken also, just cook it less time as chicken gets cooked faster.

           Washing the minced mutton could be difficult. So place the minced meat in a strainer and wash in running water.