Nadan Mutton Curry

Nadan Mutton Curry

Try out this recipe if you want to relish the taste of kerala food. This will definitely bring you the nostalgic memories of home cooked food.

  1. Mutton – 1/2 kg
  2. Onion – 2 medium
    Crushed ginger & garlic – 1 tablespoon each
  3. Chilli powder – 1 tablesppon
    Coriander powder – 1 tablespoon
    Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
    Garam Masala – 1 teaspoon
  4. Curry leaves
  5. Coconut Milk – 1 cup medium & 1 cup thick coconut milk
  6. Coconut oil
  7. Small onion – 4
  8. Salt

For Masala

  1. Scraped coconut – 1/2 – 1 cup
    Black pepper – 1 teaspoon
    Coriander – 1 teaspoon
    Caradamom – 4
    Cloves – 4
    Cinnamom – 1 medium stick
    Red chilli – 2
    White pepper – 1/2 teaspoon (optional)

Heat oil in a pan & add all the masala ingredients. When the coconut becomes golden brown remove from fire. Grind these masala ingredients & keep aside.Heat oil in another pan. Saute onion, ginger & garlic. When onion becomes soft add all masala powders & stir for 5 minutes. Add curry leaves. Add medium thick coconut milk.
When it starts boiling add mutton pieces. When mutton pieces are cooked well add the grounded masala & mix well. Add thick coconut milk & keep for 5 more minutes.
Heat oil in a pan & splutter mustard seeds. Add small onion & curry leaves. When onion becomes brown pour it over mutton curry. Serve hot with Pathiri, chappathi or rice.

Other mutton recipes:

kerala mutton kuruma mutton stew Malabar mutton curry 1 Mutton Olathu

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  • Divs

    Maria,

    I tried this dish.I added 1 tomato after adding the masala…and it tasted really good

  • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

    Thanks Divya for the suggestion & keep trying the dishes:)

  • Shereef

    Hi Maria,

    Thank you very much for the recipe, I tried it today it was very tasty so I wanted to try all your recipes. This site is very helpful for expat Indian batchlers like me to learn cooking … Thanks amillion and may god bless you.

    • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

      Hi Shereef,

      Thank you so much :). Very glad to know that you liked the recipe. Please do try other recipes as well and share your feedback.

      Thanks again for your wishes.

      Cheers
      Maria

  • Shruti

    this is my 1st visit to ur blog..i love cookin n keep tryin new dishes i find online :) jus got married n came to US,so tats hw i kill time :D so Happy to ve found U!!
    made the mutton curry n goin to make Palappam for dinner 2nite!!! :)

    • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

      Hi Shruti,

      First of all, congrats on your marriage! Wish you a wonderful & blessed married life!

      Thank you for dropping in here and also for the comment :) Hope you enjoyed the mutton curry n palappam.

      Best wishes & May God Bless You!!

      Cheers
      Maria

  • ssaad

    This might be a good curry, but majority of people will identify nadan mutton curry to something else. Coconut milk is not an ingredient in the so called nadan mutton curry. (usually a red colored curry, spicy and tastes good with parotta, pathiri or puttu.)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HD7JH4U23UE7SDUY3IHWIPWOWY salim

    Thanks. I tried this recipe today. Fine

    • http://mariasmenu.com Maria Jose

      Thank you Salim!

  • Asha Paul

    Hi Maria…

    quick clarification…in one of your recipes i saw Poppy seeds…is it kuskus..??

    • http://mariasmenu.com Maria Jose

      Asha, yep its kuskus…