Mutton Curry - Bengali style

Name: Mutton Curry - Bengali style
Total time: 4200 s
Yield: 2-3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gms mutton on bones and lard; 1/4 cup whisked yogurt; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1.5 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp green chilli paste; 1 Tbsp ginger - garlic paste; 1 tsp salt; 1 Tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 cup mustard oil plus more to drizzle at the end; 1 tsp whole garam masala of 1” cinnamon stick, 2/3 cloves, 2/3 green cardamoms, 3-4 black peppercorns, 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1.5 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala powder; 1 tsp green chilli paste; 1 large onion sliced; 1 medium size tomato puréed; 1/4 cup hot water; 1 cup hot water to pressure cook; 3 small potatoes washed peeled

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA2025
Bengali style Mutton curry is usually cooked on a
Sunday and must have potatoes. It’s a pure comfort food and is a heavenly bliss! Once eaten over lunch calls for a siesta after eating. It’s that good! One can cook without the use of pressure cooker in which case cooking time would be 1 hr or more and use of Pressure cooker would reduce the cooking time to 50 mins. One needs patience while preparing this dish. The process is not a long one but patience will help to bring out the best flavour

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

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Ingredients

Prep time -10 mins,Marinate -1hr,Cooking time-50m

2-3 servings

Mutton Marination
400 gmsmutton on bones and lard
1/4 cupwhisked yogurt
1 tspturmeric powder
1.5 tspred chilli powder
1 tspgreen chilli paste
1 Tbspginger - garlic paste
1 tspsalt
1 Tbspmustard oil
Cooking mutton
1/2 cupmustard oil plus more to drizzle at the end
1 tspwhole garam masala of 1” cinnamon stick, 2/3 cloves, 2/3 green cardamoms, 3-4 black peppercorns, 1 bay leaf
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
1 tspturmeric powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1.5 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspgaram masala powder
1 tspgreen chilli paste
1large onion sliced
1medium size tomato puréed
1/4 cuphot water
1 cuphot water to pressure cook
Potatoes
3small potatoes washed peeled
Garnish with mustard oil
Serve with rice or Luchi

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Steps

Prep time -10 mins,Marinate -1hr,Cooking time-50m

1

Marination - Wash the mutton pieces and add green chilli paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, whisked yoghurt, salt, mustard oil, ginger - garlic paste and mix well, marinate for 1 hr.
2

In a pressure cooker heat mustard oil add potatoes and fry until golden, set aside
3

In the same pressure cooker add rest of the mustard oil, add bay leaf, whole garam masala of cloves, green cardamoms, black peppercorns and stir for 2 seconds
4

Add sliced onion and cook until translucent. Add green chilli paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, ginger - garlic paste, salt and cook for 8-9 mins.
5

Add marinated mutton and cook for 10 mins until water is released
6

Add tomato purée and cook for 5-6 mins until oil surfaces.
7

Add fried potatoes and stir well, add garam masala powder and 1/4 cup hot water, cook for 10 mins
8

Add hot water and pressure cook on medium flame for 4 whistles, depressurise and open the cover to plate
9

Plate with rice and enjoy 😊

Tips

Mutton should be with lard and bones for better flavour
Marination for 1 hr is a must for best flavour to generate
Slow cook is ideal but if time constraints is there then pressure cook

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Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

on September 17, 2025 18:32

Kolkata

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