KASHA MANGSHO / SEMI DRIED MUTTON CURRY

A very easy to cook, kasha mangsho (Bengali mutton curry) is a traditional Bengali dish. Generally, it get cooked on Sunday lunch or dinner menu in most of the houses of Bengali communities. It is truely spicy, delicious and mouthwatering. This dish has an amazing simplicity, even though come off with a scrumptious, decent and lipsmacking preparation.

INGREDIENTS:
20 OZ or 600 gm Mutton/Goat meat (cleaned & washed)
2 large Potato, each cut in 4 pieces
2 medium sized Onion (paste)
1 medium Onion (chopped)
3-4 chopped Green chillies
2 tbsps Garlic paste
2 tbsps Ginger paste
1/2 cup Tomato Puree
1/2 cup Plain Yogurt (thick)
1 tsp Sugar
2 Bay leaves
2 Green Cardamoms + 1" Cinnamon + 2 Cloves + 6-8 Peppercorns
1/2 tsps freshly pounded Garam Masala
1/2 tsp Roasted Cumin powder
1&1/2 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1&1/3 cup Warm Water
1/2 cup Olive Oil
1 tbsp Clarified Butter (ghee)
Salt to taste

METHOD:

Marinate the mutton pieces with onion paste, ginger paste, garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and yogurt. Keep the marinated mutton in refrigerator for overnight.

Heat oil in a wok. Fry the potato pieces till it turns golden brown. Take out from oil by a slotted spoon. Keep aside. Add sugar in the same oil. Let it melt and turn reddish colour, then add cinnamon, cardamom, clove, peppercorns and bay leaves in it. Saute for 40-50 seconds. Now add onions in it. Fry the onion till it turns light brown.

Now add marinated mutton in it. Mix well. Cover and cook till spices leaves oil. Stir occasionally. Add tomato puree, green chilli and salt in it.

Keep stirring for 3 minutes followed by adding warm water and fried potatoes in it. Cover and cook on medium low heat about an hour, till mutton gets tender.

Add pounded garam masala, clarified butter and roasted cumin powder in it. Stir to mix up thoroughly. Remove from heat.

Serve hot with steamed rice, pulao, roti, naan or paratha.

TIPS: Typically kasha mangsho may be cooked in mustard oil. But I prefer to cook it in
          olive oil or normal vegetable oil.

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