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Mutton & Red Sorrel (Chukkakura) Special

Mutton And Chukkakura ( Red Sorrel / Sour Spinach ) With Coconut
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Andhra
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g Mutton
  • 3 Cups Chukkakura leaves
  • 2 tsp Red chilly powder
  • 8 nos Green chillies split
  • 2 Cups Onion
  • 1 Cup Onion paste
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 350 ml Refined oil
  • 2 Cups Tomato
  • 1 Cup Coconut
  • Salt As Reqd
  • 2 tsp Lemon Juice

Ingredients for Spicy Paste :-

  • 8 nos Cloves Grambu
  • 8 nos Cardamom Elaakka
  • 3 nos Cinnamon Karugapatta
  • 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1 tsp Poppy Seeds Kashakasha
  • 1 tsp Ginger
  • 12 nos Garlic

Instructions
 

  • Wash and clean the mutton. Apply turmeric powder, one Spoon red chilly powder, lemon juice, two spoons of oil and some salt to the mutton pieces and leave for marination.
  • Grind the Coconut pieces into a fine paste.
  • Grind together all the ingredients for spicy paste and one cup of onion pieces in to a fine paste( spicy paste ).
  • Add two spoons of oil to a frying pan and heat. Add the Chukkakura leaves and fry until the raw smell goes and the leaves turn into a brown mass. Mash it into paste.
  • Add oil to a deep bottomed pan and heat. Add the remaining cup of onion pieces and fry until they turn brown. Add the onion paste and further fry till raw smell goes.
  • Add the tomato pieces and green chillies. Simmer to medium flame till the tomato pieces become soft. Now add the coconut paste, mix well and fry until oil shows up.
  • Add the marinated mutton pieces, fried chukkakura paste, remaining spoon of red chilly powder and the spicy paste. Mix thoroughly.
  • Add enough salt and some water and simmer the contents in medium flame till the mutton is cooked tender.
  • Serve hot with rice or roties.
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