Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 120 minutes
- Preparation: 60 minutes
- Cooking: 60 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 Mutton legs - chopped to 2 inch
- 500 grams Avarekai (Broad Beans)
- 4 Small Brinjal (Baingan / Eggplant) - chopped
- 2 Tomatoes - chopped
- 4 Onions - chopped
- 1/2 cup Fresh coconut
- 2 teaspoons Roasted Gram Dal (Pottukadalai)
- 1 tablespoon Red Chilli powder
- 2 teaspoons Coriander Powder (Dhania)
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds (Saunf)
- 1 teaspoon Poppy seeds
- 1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
- 4 Cloves (Laung)
- 1 Bay leaf (tej patta)
- 2 teaspoons Tamarind Paste
- Salt - to taste
- Coriander (Dhania) Leaves - to garnish
- Gingelly oil - as needed
- 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- Curry leaves - a handful
- 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)
Instructions
- To prepare Attukal Mochai Kuzhambu Recipe | Mutton Leg-Field Beans Gravy, prep with all the ingredients required
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed kadai
- Add jeera, saunf, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf
- Once they are aromatic, add 2 chopped onions and saute till translucent
- Add poppy seeds, gram, tomatoes and saute till tomatoes are cooked
- Add grated coconut, switch off heat and allow to cool
- Once cooled, grind this into a smooth gravy, with salt & a little water if required
- In another kadai, heat a little gingelly oil, add chopped onion (1), chopped brinjals, field beans/avarekalu, and saute well
- Add water till the veggies are immersed and cover the kadai with its lid
- Meanwhile, also pressure cook goat leg for 15 whistles or till the leg meat is tender
- Once the pressure releases, add this meat with stock to the veggies in kadai and bring to boil
- Add the ground masala paste and enough water to make it a thin gravy
- Adjust salt and spices accordingly
- Once it starts boiling add tamarind extract and cook it covered over low flame for about 15 minutes
- In a tadka pan, heat a teaspoon oil and temper with mustard, curry leaves, 1 chopped onion, and hing
- Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve Attukal Mochai Kuzhambu Recipe | Mutton Leg-Field Beans Gravy with steamed rice/ Jeera rice or lachha paratha
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Tamil Nadu
- Side Dish
- Non Vegeterian