Mutton Pepper Roast

A spicy and aromatic mutton roast recipe in Kerala style
Ingredients to marinate Mutton:

1. Mutton- 1 kg
2. Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
3. Chilly powder- ½ tsp
4. Lemon juice-1 tsp
5. Garam masala powder- ¼ tsp
6. Pepper powder- 2 tbsp
7. Salt-to taste

Other ingredients:

1. Oil-1 tbsp
2. Pepper crushed-1tsp
3. Onion-2 large
4. Curry leaves-1 spring
5. Ginger garlic paste-1tbsp
6. Green chilly-1
7. Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp
8. Coriander powder- 2 tbsp
9. Fennel seeds powder-  ½  tsp
10. Garam masala- ½ tsp
11. Vinegar- 1 tsp
12. Salt-to taste

Ingredients For Seasoning:

1. oil-2 tbsp
2. coconut thinly chopped-2 tbsp
3. Shallots (small onion) thinly chopped-1 tbsp
4. Curry leaves-2 springs

Preparation:

• Marinate mutton pieces with ingredients under marinating for 20 minutes.
• Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pressure cooker.
•  Add crushed pepper and sauté in a low flame for a minute.
• Add onions and sauté until transparent.
• Add ginger, garlic and green chilly; sauté for a minute.
• Add all the powder and vinegar one by one in a low flame by mixing well after each addition.
• Add marinated mutton pieces in to it and sauté for 5 minutes until mutton pieces are browned in color.
• Add little water (less than 1/4cup) and pressure cooks it for one or two whistles.
• After releasing the pressure by itself open the cooker and transfer the mutton to a clay pot or another open cooking pan.
• Cook it again for about another 30 minutes or until the mutton pieces are nicely cooked and become tender.
• Switch off the flame and do seasoning.
• Heat oil in a kadai, when it is hot add the coconut pieces; when it turns to nice golden add chopped shallots and saute for few minutes, add curry leaves and switch off the flame.
• Top it over the curry and cover the pot for 10 minutes.
• After that mix well and serve hot with the choice of your roti or rice. 
• Note:You can cook the mutton pieces in pressure cooker only and directly do the seasoning; but of course; slow cooking makes the mutton roast more tasty!!