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

How to Make Mutton with Tomatoes

• Pound together the whole spices coarsely.
• Grind 100 g onions, ginger and garlic to a paste.
• 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.
• Remove from fire and set aside.
• Heat 4 tbsps. ghee and put in the remaining onions, coarsely ground spices and fry the mixture to a golden colour.
• Put into the prepared mutton, mix well and serve decorated with coriander leaves.