MUTTAI KOTHU PAROTTA WITH MUTTON SALNA

INGREDIENTS FOR MUTTON SALNA

FOR GRINDING

1. Small / Pearl onions - 6 nos

2. Green chillies - 6 nos

3. Garlic - 5 pods

4. Ginger - 1 inch piece

5. Curry leaves - 5 to 6 leaves

6. Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece

7. Cloves - 3 nos

8. Fennel seeds - 1 and 1/2 tb spn

9. Cashew nuts - 5 nos

10. Coconut - 2 tb spn

11. Dry red chillies - 2 nos

Fry all the ingredients seperately in 1 tb spoon of oil and grind them

INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING SALNA

1. Mutton - 1 and 1/2 pound(Cook the mutton seperately by adding turmeric ,salt and water)

2. Shallots/Big onions - 1 big size onion(use red onions for better taste)

3. Tomatoes - 3 medium size tomatoes

4. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tea spoon

5. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon

6. Chilly powder - 5 to 6 tea spoon(you can add more if u want it to be spicy)

7. Coriander powder - 3 tea spoon

8. Kuruma masala - 3 tea spoons (optional,if not use very little amount of garam masala)

9. Cardamom - 5 nos

10. Cinnamon - 1 stick

11. Cloves - 3 nos

12. Bay leaves - 4 to 5 leaves

13. Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon

14. Curry leaves - a small bunch

15. Thick yogurt - 1 tb spn

16. Cilantro - to garnish

17. salt and oil

METHOD

1. Take a thick bottom pan and add around 5 tb spoon full of oil when the oil gets heated add cardamom,cinnamon,cloves and bay leaves .Now add mustard seeds and around 1 tea spoon of fennel seeds.

2. Now add chopped onions ,green chillies and curry leaves and cook them until the onions turn transparent.now add around 1 tea spoon of ginger garlic paste and cook them ntil the raw smell of the ginger garlic paste goes off.

3. Now add chopped tomatoes and cook them until they are soft.

4. Add chilly powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder,kuruma masala and salt and fry them for around 2 minutes.

5. Now add the ground masala and fry them. Add 1 table spoon of yogurt with the masala and cook them for around 3 to 5 minutes

6. Add around 3 to 4 cups of water or add the mutton broth (add mutton broth because it enhances the taste of the gravy)

7. Check for salt and spice ,if you need the salna to be spicy add more chilli powder and cook it for around 10 to 15 minutes .

8.Switch off the stove and garnish it with fresh cilantro.

You can serve this salna with parotta or idli

NOTE

VEGGIE SALNA

Follow the above steps .mutton can be substituted with vegetables or egg .Boil the vegetables in water with salt and little bit of turmeric powder.Strain the vegetables and keep the broth seperately so that you can use it while preparing the salna.

INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING MUTTAI KOTHU PAROTTA

1. Frozen parotta - 6 nos(cut them into small pieces)

2. Big onion - 1 medium size onion(finely chopped)

3. Green chillies - 6 to 7 nos (finely chopped)

4. Curry leaves - a small bunch

5. Fennel seeds - 1 tea spoon

6. Chilly powder - 2 yo 3 tea spoons

7. Mutton salna - 2 to 3 cups

8. Cilantro - to garnish

9. Eggs - 1 to 2 eggs(beat the eggs with little bit of salt and pepper)

METHOD

1. Take a thick bottom pan ,add around 2 tbspn of oil.when the oil gets heated add fennel seeds.when the fennel seeds start to splutter ,add chopped onions,chopped green chillies and curry leaves and fry them for about a minute.

2. Now add the mutton salna, chilly powder and cook it .

3. Now add the cut parotas and mix them.

4. Add the eggs and fry them ,You can add little bit of oil while adding the eggs so that the eggs does not stick to the bottom.Check for salt and spice

5. Switch off the stove and add cilantro as garnish.