Gongura(sorrel) Mutton

Well here is a special Andhra dish. Gongura mutton(Lamb or goat) is the famous dish all over Andhra Pradesh. This dish is an absolutely mouth-watering dish.It is hot spicy food dish prepared with fresh sorrel leaves.This dish is prepared with mutton cooked in spicy masala with sorrel leaves which enriches the flavor of mutton giving a tangy taste and an aroma.

Ingredients:

1. Mutton - 1/2 kg
2. Gongura/sorrel leaves 0 1 cup
3. Onion -1
4. Green chili - 2 (slit)
5. Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tbps
6. Mint leaves - 10-12
7. Corainder leaves
8. Coriander powder - 1 tbps
9. Red chili powder - 1 1/2 tbps
10. Turmeric - 1/4 tbps
11. Garam masala - 1/2 tbps
12. Pepper - 1/4 tbps
13. salt
14. Oil

Marinate:

1. Curd - 1/2 cup
2. Ginger garlic paste - 1/2tbps
3. Turmeric powder- 1/4 tbps
4. Red chili powder - 1 tbps
5. lemon - 1/2 tbps
6. salt

Tempering:

1. Bay leaf - 1
2. Cloves - 2
3. Cardamom - 1
4. Cinnamon - 1/4 inch
5. Star anise - 1a

Procedure:

• Marinate mutton pieces with curd,ginger garlic paste,turmeric powder,red chili powder.lemon,salt and keep it aside for half an hour and pressure cook mutton (min 4-5 vessels)
• Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan add whole tempering ingredients into it after they start spluttering add onion, green chili,ginger garlic paste,mint leaves saute it tell they turn pink.
• Now add gongura leaves by tearing them into small part (or slightly grind them into paste) and saute it for few minutes.
• Now add coriander powder,red chili powder,turmeric and mix it well,saute them till the oil is separated from the mixture.
• Now add meat pieces to this mixture and saute for 10 mins so that they get well wrapped with spices.
•  Place the lid and cook til the mutton pieces had turned soft and leaves have blended with the mutton masala.
• Finally add pepper and garam masala to it and transfer iy into a serving bowl.
• The yummy mouth watering dish is ready,garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve it hot rice or roti. It tastes yummy with both

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