Gongura Mutton Curry

Ingredients:-
1 kg mutton, washed and drained
2 cups packed freshly picked, washed red sorrel leaves
4 medium sized onions, finely chopped
2-4 green chillis, slit (adjust)
1 tbsp coriander pwd
1 tsp cumin pwd
1 1/2 tbsp oil
1 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1/4 tsp turmeric pwd
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp red chilli pwd
juice of small lemon

Garam Masala Pwd:
5-6 cloves
1 1/2″ cinnamon
2 cardamoms
2 star anise/anaas puvu/biryani puvvu
1 tbsp khus-khus pwd


Method:-

1. Lightly dry roast the spices under ‘garam masala pwd’ for 3-4 mts and cool. Grind the spices to make a powder. Keep aside.
2. Add the washed gongura leaves to the hot boiling water and drain them and make a paste of it. Place the lid and cook till the mutton has turned soft and the leaves have blended well with the mutton masala base.
3. Heat oil in the pressure cooker. Add the onions and green chillis and saute till transparent.
4. Add the salt, turmeric pwd, chilli pwd, ginger garlic paste and then add mutton and cook on high heat for 2-3 mts. Add coriander pwd, cumin pwd and garam masala pwd and combine well.
5. Add the gongura leavespaste and combine well. Place the lid and cook till the mutton has turned soft and the leaves have blended well with the mutton masala base.
6. Add a cup of water and adjust salt. Bring to a boil and reduce heat and cook for another 10-12 mts.
7. Serve hot with white rice or rotis.