Mutton Saaru Recipe | Mutton gravy | Easy Mutton curry Recipe

Mutton Karam Saaru / Mutton Saaru Recipe is an easy and simple, homemade Indian Mutton gravy will become your regular recipe, thereafter. Tender pieces of meat are cooked in spicy gravy to make a soupy or rasam consistency that goes prefect with a bowl of rice. First time a non-veg recipe on my blog. I wanted to keep this dish very traditional and simple as usual.

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This was the recipe, pending from long time, since I started this blog. I was not sure about posting this recipe the reason being I was doubtful of how people would receive it as a breakfast recipe. I know many people who are apprehensive of having meat or rice in the morning.

But then I realised, in south India we prefer rice items for morning breakfast, like Pongal, idli - dosa, pulav, vangi bath, mango rice, etc… here-go!  I decided to post this.

Hope you all agree with me and also like this mutton karam saaru / mutton gravy/ mutton saaru. Do try this way once and try for Sunday breakfast, for a change from your usual and favorite ones.

From those days we do have a habit of having hot rice with Mutton Karam Saaru, you might be wondering what’s karam saaru? Its, nothing but a tiny treat to your taste buds before a great meal…. Like a trailer before a movie…

Mutton Karam Saaru/ Mutton Gravy / mutton saaru  is nothing but the tender succulent mutton being cooked with only basic spices, and its cooked without coconut or any garam masala, to taste its best with mild spices and bring in the complete flavor of mutton. This flavorful gravy is most liked by kids as this is mild and healthier version of gravy for kids.

Mutton karam saaru is a family favorite recipe that people have cherished for ages in my family. This existed from my grand mom’s time ‘As a practice Sunday is a non-veg meal preparation day, and mutton has been a favorite since ancient times in our Indian cuisine! this is practice, from many decades in our homes, I guess most of them agree with this. Since it’s a non-veg usually the lunch preparation will take a longer time and family members need to stay up hungry till then, this was an idea to keep the members 'quiet' for some time. while they cooked tender mutton in a large vessels with just salt and few basic spices, before adding strong masala to this, as the mutton cooking time is comparatively high - need to add masala after mutton is completely cooked, after the mutton is well cooked - some part of the mutton stock and well cooked mutton is removed and kept aside, this is then mixed with the rice and served, to keep away hunger until the lunch is prepared.

The remaining stock is cooked with strong masala to make a flavorful spicy thick gravy which goes in for lunch menu with pulao/ghee rice to give in a party spin. Lets not go in detail of this now, as we only focus on late morning Sunday breakfast that’s none other than delicious spicy mutton karam saaru.

Even today we follow this and Sunday breakfast is rice and mutton karam saaru. This actually is very tasty even more tastier than the gravy with masala's. Hence I decided to share this here. Believe me this is extremely easy recipe, a basic homemade curry with just the right spices to go in to kick start your Sunday. Using pressure cooker to cook mutton for the fall-off-the-bone tender deliciousness.

Another reason for loving this curry is the minimal ingredients that go into this, just onions, spice powders, tomatoes, coriander and curry-leaves keeping simple but trust me, making this so very luscious and a beginner would love to try this first. Kids love this the most. You can have this with the left over rice from the previous night. What other reason one needs to get into cooking space to grab ingredients start cooking this simple curry on Sunday or any day.

It might sound a bit bragging in the first place, but when you taste this you realise how true this is. 

And do try Sukkinunde / Suguntlu from my blog which is traditional recipe along with Obbattu Saaru - unique recipes

Ingredients

1. Mutton – 1/2 kg
2. Onions medium size – 1, thinly sliced
3. Curry leaves – few
4. Cloves – 3
5. Cinnamon – 2
6. Tomato – 1 small
7. Oil – 1 tablespoon
8. Curry leaves

For grinding

1. Onions medium size – 2 – roughly chopped
2. Chilli powder – 2 teaspoons
3. Coriander powder – 3 teaspoons
4. Turmeric – 1/4 teaspoon
5. Tomato – 1 small or half the big tomato
6. Curry leaves and coriander leaves – few strands
7. Oil – 1/2 teaspoon 

Method

For grinding

1. Heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in a sauce pan over medium flame and add roughly cut onions and curry leaves to it
2. Fry until onions turn brown
3. Add chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder and sauté for just 2 minutes and remove from heat
4. Once this is cooled, grind all these with coriander leaves first coarsely and then add half the tomato (if big tomato) and grind to smooth paste adding little water 

For gravy

1. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a cooker pan and add in cloves and cinnamon sauté for 2 minutes this would release its flavor in oil.
2. Add thinly sliced onions and curry leaves, fry them until onions are browned.
3. Add the mutton, turmeric and fry well until all the water evaporates.
4. Then add the ground paste and give a good stir until all the pieces are coated well, add finely chopped tomato and rock salt and fry for about four to five minutes or until its dry
5. Now add 3 cups of water add some more water as required for the mutton to cook, you can add more water as we want this gravy in soupy consistent. Mix well and close cooker lid and cook on the low flame for 5 to 6 whistles or until meat is cooked well.
6. Open the lid only when pressure from cooker is completely released
7. Spicy delicious mutton gravy is ready to be served with rice in a bowl.

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How to Make Mutton gravy with step by step pictures

For grinding

Heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in a sauce pan over medium flame and add roughly cut onions and curry leaves to it

Fry until onions turn brown, 

Add chilli powder, 

coriander powder 

and turmeric powder and sauté for just 2 minutes and remove from heat

Once this is cooled, grind all these with coriander leaves first coarsely  

then add half the tomato (if big tomato) and grind to fine paste adding little water

 

For gravy

Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a cooker pan and add in cloves and cinnamon sauté for 2 minutes this would release flavor in oil. Add thinly sliced onions and curry leaves

Fry them until onions are browned. 

Add the mutton

  

Fry well until all the water evaporates. 

Then add the ground paste

Give a good stir until all the pieces are coated well, add finely chopped tomato and rock salt and fry for about four to five minutes or until its dry

Now add 3 cups of water add some more water as required for the mutton to cook, you can add more water as we want this gravy in soupy consistent. Mix well and close cooker lid and cook on the low flame for 5 to 6 whistles or until meat is cooked well.

Open the lid only when pressure from cooker is completely released

Spicy delicious mutton gravy is ready to be served with rice in a bowl.