Saoji Mutton Recipe

Name: Saoji Mutton Recipe
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: Mutton half kg; 5 chopped onions; 6 tbsp Dry coconut; 2 tbsp Coriander seeds; 2 tbsp Caraway seeds (Shaha jeera); 4 cloves; 1 tbsp Black peppercorns; 3 green cardomom; 3 black cardomom; Cinnamon stick 1 inch; 6-8 Whole dry chilli; 1 tbsp Poppy seeds; Bay leaf 2 to 3; 1 tbsp Stone flower (dagal phool); 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste; Salt; Oil; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 2 tbsp red chilli powder; 1 tbsp kiwar atta (sorghum flour)

Nandinee Parag Jambhulkar @cook_22389136

Saoji food is essentially a style of cooking.
The unique blending and balancing of spices makes Saoji food different. The food is so hot and spicy that one has to acquire a taste for it.
Saoji food is not very rich in terms of ingredients
Simple spices and Bhiwapuri chilli are used.

Nandinee Parag Jambhulkar @cook_22389136

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Ingredients

Mutton half kg
5chopped onions
6 tbspDry coconut
2 tbspCoriander seeds
2 tbspCaraway seeds (Shaha jeera)
4cloves
1 tbspBlack peppercorns
3green cardomom
3black cardomom
Cinnamon stick 1 inch
6-8Whole dry chilli
1 tbspPoppy seeds
Bay leaf 2 to 3
1 tbspStone flower (dagal phool)
1 tbspGinger garlic paste
Salt
Oil
1/2 tspturmeric powder
2 tbspred chilli powder
1 tbspkiwar atta (sorghum flour)

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Steps

1

Heat one tablespoon oil in a frying pan and add chopped onion and coconut and sauté till golden brown, cool and grind to a fine paste with little water.
2

In the same pan sauté black cardamom, caraway seeds, coriander seeds, black peppercorns, green cardamom, cinnamon,bay leaf,dry chilli, stone flower and poppyseeds jowar attat till golden brown. Cool and grind to a paste with little water.
3

Heat 4 tbsp oil a pressure cooker pan and add mutton pieces and sauté for a min on a high flame till lightly brown. Now remove the mutton pieces and keep aside.
4

In the same pan add one finely chopped onion and sauté along with onion coconut paste and ginger garlic paste and mix.
5

Now add ground masala paste and mix well and cook for a min. Now goes turmeric powder and red chilli powder sauté till oil starts separating.
6

Once the masala cooks properly add roasted mutton and mix well. Cook the mutton coated masala for 5 to 6 mins on medium flame.
7

Add salt and 3 cups of water. Bring to boil cover the cooker with the lid and cook under pressure till 3 to 4 whistles on a medium flame.
8

Let the pressure reduce completely
9

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Saoji mutton is ready. Serve hot with chapaati, paratha,roti or rice.