Nalli nihari

Name: Nalli nihari
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 1 kg beef with bones; 4 tbsp ghee; 2 medium onions thinly sliced; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 2 tsp coriander powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 3 tbsp wheat flour; to taste salt; 3 tbsp nihari masala (recipe given below); 1 tbsp fennel seeds; 1 tbsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp soonth; 5 green cardamoms; 3 black cardamoms; 10 black peppercorns; 1/2 inch cinnamon stick; 1/6 tsp nutmeg powder; small piece mace; 1 bay leaf; 4 cloves; To make your own Nihari masala, dry roast all the whole spices for the masala; cool; and grind them to a fine powder

Pari R @cook_25593197

my father loves nihari and my grandma used to make sumptuous nihari. I learnt the recipe from my grandma and after her death my father only eats nihari that I make.

Pari R @cook_25593197

my father loves nihari and my grandma used to make sumptuous nihari. I learnt the recipe from my grandma and after her death my father only eats nihari that I make.

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Ingredients

4:30:00 mins

4 servings

1 kgbeef with bones
4 tbspghee
2medium onions thinly sliced
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
2 tspcoriander powder
1/2 tspturmeric powder
3 tbspwheat flour
to tastesalt
3 tbspnihari masala (recipe given below)
nihari masala
1 tbspfennel seeds
1 tbspcumin seeds
1 tspsoonth
5green cardamoms
3black cardamoms
10black peppercorns
1/2 inchcinnamon stick
1/6 tspnutmeg powder
small piece mace
1bay leaf
4cloves
To make Nihari Masala
To make your own Nihari masala, dry roast all the whole spices for the masala; cool; and grind them to a fine powder

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Steps

4:30:00 mins

1

Heat Ghee in a deep bottom stock pot. Once the ghee is hot, add the sliced onions and fry till they start to turn brown.
2

Add mutton pieces, ginger paste, garlic paste, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well to coat the mutton in ghee and spices. Sauté for 5 mins.
3

Add the nihari masala and 8 cups of water. Mix well, cover and cook on very low heat for about 4 hours until the meat is tender.
4

Slowly add it to the gravy. Stir to mix it well in the gravy and let it simmer for another 10-15 mins till the gravy thickens.
5

Sprinkle some lime juice and garnish with ginger strips and fresh coriander leaves. Serve hot.
6

Keep checking in between. Dissolve wheat flour in half cup of water such that there are no lumps.