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| mutton nihari |
Preparation Time :15-20 minutes
Cooking Time : 2 hours
Ingredients :
- Mutton : 500 gm
- Onion : 1 large thinly sliced
- Garlic paste : 4-5 cloves
- Ginger paste : 1 tbsp
- Shan Nihari masala : 2 tbsp
- Roasted wheat flour : 2 tbsp
- Shah jeera : pinch
- Annie star : 1
- Javitri : 1/2
- Cardamom : 4
- Cinnamon : 1"
- Whole black pepper : 4
- Laung : 4
- Salt to taste
- Vegetable oil : 6-7 tbsp
- Ghee : 2 tbsp
Procedure :
1) Clean and wash mutton pieces and keep aside.
2) Take a pressure cooker.Add 1 tbsp oil, heat it. One by one add all whole garam
masala (shah jeera,annie star,javitri,cardamom,cinnamon,whole black pepper,
laung) and fry them for few seconds.
3) Add mutton pieces and 1 tsp of salt .Saute them for 2 minutes.
4) Now pour 2 cups of water and pressure cook it.(2 whistles). Strain mutton pieces
and keep aside.
5) Now take a kadai ,heat oil and ghee.Now add sliced onion and fry them till its
colour changes to light brown.Take out half portion of onion slices for oil and keep
aside.And fry rest of the onion slices to dark brown.Fry them in medium heat.Also
take this portion of fried onion or beresta from oil and keep aside.Let it cool down
and then keep it in refrigerator for half an hour.It will make beresta crispy.
6) Now in the remaining oil again put lightly fried onion and then add mutton pieces.
Mix it well with fried onion.Cook it for 2 minutes in medium heat.
7) Now add ginger and garlic paste.Mix them well.Then add nihari masala.saute it for
another 4-5 minutes in medium heat.
8) Now add meat broth from pressure cooker and let it boil.Cover the kadai and cook
till mutton is almost done.
9) In a frying pan dry roast 1-2 tbsp of wheat flour / atta for few seconds.
10) Now sprinkle roasted flour over mutton and mix them well.Cook for another 5-6
minutes .Atta will help your gravy to become thick.Check the seasoning.
11) Now add crispy fried onion ,mix them well.Your mutton nihari is reay to serve.
Serve hot with roti,naan or rice.
