Ingredients

• 1/2 kg - mutton, cut into medium-sized pieces
• 2 potatoes, chopped in four
• 3 green chillies, slit length-wise
• 1/2 tbsp - ginger paste
• 1/2 coconut, diced finely
• 1 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1 tsp - chilli powder
• 1 tsp - coriander powder
• 1 tsp - cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp - mustard oil
• 1 tbsp - ghee
• 3.5 cups - water
• Salt to taste

How to Make Bengali mutton potato curry

• Marinate cleaned mutton in 1/2 tsp turmeric and 1/2 tablespoon mustard oil for half an hour.
• Dissolve turmeric, chilli powder, coriander powder, ginger paste, and cumin powder in 3 cups of water and keep aside.
• Heat mustard oil, pour in the masala solution all at once
• Cook till the oil comes to the surface.
• Add green chillies and boil.
• Simmer with a lid on for 10 minutes.
• Now add the marinated mutton, stir well and cover the pan.
• Cook on medium heat for half an hour till the meat is almost done.
• Fry the potato slices in oil in another pan till they are golden in colour.
• Add the potatoes to the meat, add salt and cook covered for about 15 minutes
• Simultaneously, heat ghee in a frying pan, add the coconut pieces and fry well till they are brown.
• Now add cumin and fry till they sputter.
• Remove from the fire, and pour the ghee, coconut, and cumin over the mutton curry.
• Stir well, remove from fire and set aside for a while before serving.