Ingredients:

• 1 kg – mutton, cut into serving portions
• 1 kg – tomatoes, blanched and pureed
• 250 g – sliced Onions
• 2″ piece – Ginger
• 6 flakes – Garlic
• 1 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp – each of ground Cumin seeds and coriander powder
• 4 – Bay Leaves
• 2 tbsp – Sugar
• 6 – Cloves
• 6 – peeled Cardamoms
• 1 inch piece – Cinnamon stick
• a few sprigs Coriander leaves
• salt and chilli powder to taste2 – Red Chillies

Method:

1. Pound together the whole spices coarsely.
2. Grind 100 g onions, ginger and garlic to a paste.
3. Mix mutton with half cup mustard oil, salt, sugar, turmeric powder, onion paste, tomato juice, 2 broken red chillies, ground cumin seeds and coriander powder. Put in a vessel with a tight-fitting lid and cook over a slow fire till the mutton is done.
4. Remove from fire and set aside.
5. Heat 4 tbsps. ghee and put in the remaining onions, coarsely ground spices and fry the mixture to a golden colour.
6. Put into the prepared mutton, mix well and serve decorated with coriander leaves.