Mutton do pyaza
Mutton do pyaza, from above
Non vegDelhi

Mutton do pyaza

Mutton cooked with a mountain of onions, half melted, half chunky. Sweet, rich and hearty.

100 minTime
42 gProtein each
mediumSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayMutton, onions twice, a rich masala.
The original
441kcalsame
42 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
100minutessame

Classic mutton do pyaza.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Mutton (goat meat)750 g, curry cut
Onion5 medium: 3 sliced, 2 in chunks
Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)⅔ cup
Ghee3 tbsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp
Whole spicescardamom, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf
Ginger garlic paste2½ tbsp
Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp
Coriander powder (ground coriander)2 tsp
Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp
Garam masala1½ tsp
Saltto taste
Water1¼ cups
Gingerjulienned

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Marinate the mutton with curd, ginger garlic paste, powders and salt for 1 hour.
  2. 2In a pressure cooker, heat ghee and oil, add whole spices and fry the sliced onions until deep golden.
  3. 3Add the mutton and marinade and bhuno on high heat for 10 minutes, then add water and pressure cook 5 to 6 whistles. Let pressure release naturally.
  4. 4In a separate pan, sear the onion chunks in a spoon of ghee until edges brown but they stay crisp. Add to the mutton.
  5. 5Simmer open 5 minutes until the gravy coats the meat. Finish with garam masala and ginger.
Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

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What goes with Mutton do pyaza: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Zafrani pulao45 min
Bread or rice Rumali roti45 min
On the side Murgh yakhni shorba60 min
On the side Badam shorba30 min
To drink Sharbat e mohabbat8 min
Something sweet Phirni45 min
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