How to prepare Kerala Mutton Stew

For Christmas, in many Kerala homes,  Mutton Stew is prepared, especially for the breakfast. Kerala Mutton Stew is a  delicious dish.  It goes very well with Appam, a traditional Kerala breakfast, which is fluffy and tasty, prepared from rice. 

The following items are required to prepare a tasty and easy Kerala Mutton Stew Recipe -

Mutton cubes - 500 g.

Potato cubes - 100 g.

Carrot cubes - 100 g.

Slit Green chillies - 6

Chopped Onion - 1/2 cup

Thick Coconut milk - 1 cup

Thin Coconut milk - 2 cups

Pepper corn - 1 tsp

Small Ginger pieces- 1/2 tbsp.

Small Garlic pieces - 1/2 tbsp.

Cooking Oil - 2 tbsp.

Cloves - 5

Cinnamom -1 piece

Cardamom - 5

Salt - as required

Curry leaves - 3 bunches

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp.

Keep the cooking pan or cooker on the stove, and add oil.

Add garam masalas, (cloves, cardamom and cinnamom), mutton, green chillies, pepper corns, ginger and garlic and saute for 2 minutes.

Add thin coconut milk (2nd extract), and salt and cook for 10 minutes, with a covered lid.

Add potato cubes and carrot cubes, and cook for another 10 minutes.

Add 2 bunches of curry leave and cook for another 2-3 minutes.

Add thick coconut milk (first extract), stir well and cook for 1 minute.

Seasoning the Stew is optional.Even without seasoning, the stew will be tasty. But some people prefer seasoned stew.

Keep a pan on the stove and add 1 tbsp. oil.

Add mustard seeds, when they splutter, add chopped onion pieces.

Add curry leaves, and saute for a minute.

Add the whole thing to the mutton stew.

Note: If you are not seasoning the stew, add 1 2 tsp.coconut oil on top of it.