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Friday, November 15, 2024  
12 Jumada Al-Awwal 1446  

Recipe of the day: Mutton Kunna

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Ingredients

  • Mutton 1 kg
  • Mutton trotters 2
  • Onions chopped 2
  • Kunna spice 1 tbsp
  • Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp
  • Red chili powder 2 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder 1 tsp
  • Flour 2 tbsp (mixed in enough water to make a flowing batter)
  • Clarified butter 1 cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Sliced ginger for garnishing
  • Kunna Spice:
  • Cumin 1 tbsp
  • Mace 1 tbsp
  • Whole coriander 8 tbsp
  • Whole black pepper 1 tbsp
  • Star anise 2
  • Cloves 1 tbsp
  • Green cardamoms 1 tbsp

Cooking Directions

  1. For Kunna Spice: To make the kunna spice, toast the cumin, mace, whole coriander, whole black pepper, star anise, cloves and green cardamoms on a griddle pan.
  2. Then grind all the ingredients together.
  3. For Kunna Curry: Heat clarified butter in a clay pot (handi) and fry the onions till they turn light brown.
  4. Fry the ginger garlic paste and add in the meat.
  5. Cook till it turns golden.
  6. Add the kunna spice, red chili powder and turmeric powder.
  7. Sauté for 2-3 minutes.
  8. Add the mutton trotters’ stock.
  9. Cover and simmer on low heat.
  10. When the meat becomes tender, season with salt.
  11. Gradually pour the flour batter into the pot, stirring continuously.
  12. When the gravy thickens, turn the flame off and garnish with black cumin seeds and sliced ginger.
  13. Serve hot with sliced green chillies, ginger, chopped coriander, lemon quarters and naan.