Korma or qorma is a popular dish, containing meat or vegetables fried lightly and then stewed with curd, cashew paste, and spices to produce thick gravy or sauce. The technique incorporates many different styles of korma. The taste of a korma is based on a mixture of spices: like cardamom, cinnamon, and coriander combined with curd incorporated slowly and carefully with the meat or paneer or any other vegetables. The marinated mutton chunks are fried /roasted with tomatoes, onions, garlic, and ginger and sometimes added with potatoes finished in a warm, spicy, cumin, coriander flavored sauce then Enjoy With Special Mutton Korma.
Korma is popular for its super versatility, as you can make anything; like mutton korma, chicken korma, prawn korma, or any vegetable korma including paneer korma, jackfruit korma, and it can be served with any kind of rice, roti or bread. Here I am preparing special mutton korma by adding potato and papaya in gravy.
Main equipment required
A Kadai or a frying pan
Serving plate
spatula
Mixing bowl
Blender
Ingredients
Mutton -600 gm
Onions-3
Papaya-250 gm
Potato-3 medium size
Yogurt-200 gm
Tomato-1 bigger one
ginger-garlic paste-1 tbsp
Bay leaves-2
cardamom -2
Cloves-5
Cinnamon-1” stick
Roasted cumin powder-1/2 tbsp
Oil-1/2 cup
Turmeric powder-1 tbsp
Chili flakes-1/2 tbsp
Salt to taste
coriander leaves
Special Mutton Korma preparation
- Clean and wash the mutton chunks, add yogurt, mix it with salt and keep it aside for an hour. Cut the onion in two sizes, one finely chopped and another one sliced.
- Take the papaya, peel out and cut it into big pieces and put it into the blender
- Make a rough paste for gravy.
- Now take a big Kadai or a frying pan, heat oil, and add the sliced onion
- Fry it till its color changes to dark brown.
- Once done take it out and allow them to cool to room temperature to make a paste afterward.
- Now add the potatoes which are cut into two halves in the same oil and fry it little and take it out.
- In the same oil or by adding some more oil put bay leaves and other whole masalas/spices; fry them
- Add the finely chopped onions and fry them for 2 minutes
- Now add the papaya paste and cook for two minutes
- No grind the onions which we fried earlier to make a fine paste.
- Now add the marinated mutton and mix it properly
- Add tomato and other masala powder with salt; stir it continuously
- Now add the onion paste and stir continuously in a high-medium flame.
- Add the fried potatoes and cook for 5 minutes
- Add 2 cups of water and cover the lid, and allow it to cook for 18-20 minutes on low flame. ( you can use a pressure cooker to make it fast)
- After 20 minutes open the lid and check if everything is alright or not.
- If everything is alright then take it out from the oven, and garnish it with coriander leaves.