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Mutton Dak Bungalow Curry Recipe

Mutton Dak Bungalow Curry Recipe

By Admin
Prep Time Total in 540 M
Course Dinner
Cuisine Indian
Diet Non Vegeterian

Mutton Dak Bungalow (or Bangla) cuisine, sadly, is a near-forgotten culinary treasure that survives among a few remaining khansama families and Anglo Indian households. Dak bungalows were rest houses where the travelers used to take rest while on a journey, or used as a night stop during a trip. At that time the caretaker had their own Poultry, Goat at Dak Bungalows for easy milk and meat supplies. This kind of curries are always be the only Dinner/Lunch item. So it is always cooked along with Potato, Egg and freshly ground spices, as that time Store Bought spices were not being used in cooking.

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Mutton
  • bones
  • 3 tablespoons Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)
  • 2 tablespoons Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • 2 tablespoons Mustard oil
  • For the curry
  • 4 Whole Eggs
  • hard boiled
  • 4 Potatoes (Aloo)
  • small
  • peeled
  • 3 tablespoons Mustard oil
  • 1 tablespoon Ghee
  • 1/2 teaspoon Radhuni
  • special bengali spice (optional)
  • 1/3 teaspoon Methi Leaves (Fenugreek Leaves)
  • 1 Bay leaf (tej patta)
  • 1 Onion
  • sliced
  • Tomato
  • sliced
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger
  • paste
  • 1-1/12 teaspoon Garlic
  • paste
  • Salt
  • to taste
  • For special spice powder
  • 1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
  • 3 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds
  • 1 Black cardamom (Badi Elaichi)
  • 1 Mace (Javitri)
  • blade
  • 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg powder
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander (Dhania) Seeds
  • 2 Green Chillies
  • as per taste
  • Dry Red Chilli
  • as per taste
  • 4 Whole Black Peppercorns

Instructions

Step 1

To begin making the Mutton Dak Bungalow Curry recipe, we will first marinate the mutton

Step 2

Take the goat meat under the water at room temperature, and clean very well

Step 3

 Now put the meat in a large pasta strainer for 30 minutes to drain all the excess water

Step 4

Now put the clean meat in a large bowl, add sour curd, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric powder & mustard oil and marinate all together very well

Step 5

Rub the pieces of meat with the marination

Step 6

Cover the pan and leave the marinated meat for overnight or 6-8 hours

Step 7

Remove the marinated meat 2 hours before cooking

Step 8

In the meantime make the "special spice powder" by dry grinding all the ingredients under the heading of "Special Spice Powder", in a spice grinder

Step 9

Pour the "Special Spice Powder" in an airtight container and keep aside

Step 10

The next step is to prepare the gravy

Step 11

 Take the boiled egg and prick the skin of the egg to prevent from bursting while frying

Step 12

Now marinate the boiled eggs and potatoes with some salt and turmeric powder and keep aside for 10 minutes

Step 13

Heat oil and ghee in a large non-stick pan, fry the marinated eggs and potatoes till they are golden brown, take them out of the pan and keep aside

Step 14

Now in the same pan add Bay leaf, Radhuni & Methi and fry for a few seconds, but be careful, do not let the Methi burn

Step 15

Add sliced onion and some salt and cover the pan for 2 minutes

Step 16

Open the lid after 2 minutes and fry the onion till golden brown

Step 17

Add ginger garlic paste to the pan and fry again for 1 minutes

Step 18

Add sliced tomatoes and fry till the tomatoes are pulpy

Step 19

Now add the marinated meat and the "special spice powder" to the pan and cover it for 5 minutes

Step 20

After 5 minutes open the lid, and start frying on medium heat for 30 minutes

Step 21

If the masala starts burning at the bottom, sprinkle some water and again fry

Step 22

Add the fried potatoes to the pan and 2 cups of water

Step 23

Here you can cook the meat in Pressure Cooker or in the same pan

Step 24

If you are using a pressure cooker, then add all the meat along with the spices into the cooker, close the lid and cook for 10 minutes or upto 4 whistles

Step 25

Let release all the pressures of the cooker by itself, and open the cooker and add the fried eggs now

Step 26

Boil the curry for 5 minutes and turn off the heat and serve with plain rice and cucumber salad

Step 27

ORIf you are cooking the meat in the pan, then cover the pan, lower the heat and let the gravy boil for 20-30 minutes or till the meat is soft and tender

Step 28

When the meat is well cooked, open the lid and serve hot

Step 29

Serve Mutton Dak Bungalow along with Phulka and Jeera Rice for a weekday meal

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