South Indian Mutton and Potato Curry
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Ingredients
- 700 g goat or mutton, bone-in pieces
- 300 g potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2 onion, finely sliced
- 2 tomatoes
- 1.5 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 15 g fresh ginger
- 5 garlic cloves
- 10 curry leaves
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 432 kcal
- Protein
- 34.9 g
- Carbohydrate
- 21.1 g
- of which sugars
- 6.3 g
- Fat
- 22.1 g
- of which saturates
- 12.3 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
- Salt
- 0.34 g
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Method
- 1
Heat the coconut oil in a large pan, add the sliced onion and fry for 10 minutes until golden.
- 2
Add the garlic, ginger and curry leaves, and fry for 2 minutes.
- 3
Stir in the chilli powder and ground turmeric, then add the mutton and chopped tomatoes, and cook for 5 minutes, turning to seal.
- 4
Pour in enough water to just cover, cover and simmer for 50 minutes until the mutton is almost tender.
- 5
Add the potatoes and simmer for 15-20 minutes more until the mutton is fully tender, no pink remains and the potatoes are cooked through.
- 6
Serve hot with rice.

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