How to Prepare the Authentic ‘Bengali Mutton Kosha’-
Bengali cuisine is really one of the greatest cuisines that come with certain unique dishes to woo you. Have you ever tried the authentic mutton kosha of Bengal? If not, you should try it once. We can guarantee, you will eat off your fingers too. A Sunday in a true Bengali house doesn’t complete without this and ‘Gorom Vaat’ (fumed rice). So, if you are also interested to live a life of Bengali on a Sunday and gift your family a superb lunch, try mutton kosha. Follow the recipe and prepare it at home.
Ingredients:
To prepare mutton kosha, you will need the following ingredients for 4 members of your family.
- Mutton- 800gm
- Potatoes- 8 pieces
- Onions- 4 (medium sized, sliced)
- Ginger paste- 2 tbsp
- Garlic paste- 2 tbsp
- Black pepper- 12
- Green cardamoms- 4
- Cinnamon stick- 1
- Cloves- 5
- Sugar- 1tsp
- Salt as per taste
- Water as needed
- Mustard oil- 4 cups
- MyMasala Turmeric powder- 2 tbsp
- MyMasala Coriander powder- 1 ½ tsp
- MyMasala Red chili powder- 2tsp
- MyMasala Cumin Powder- 2 tbsp
- Curd- 4 tbsp
Methods:
- The first step is to marinate the mutton. Take the bowl of mutton and add ginger, garlic and onion paste into it.
- Also, you need to add MyMasala turmeric powder, curd, MyMasala cumin powder, MyMasala red chili powder and MyMasala coriander powder to the mutton. Mix everything well and cover the bowl for 2-3 hours. You can also keep it in marination overnight.
- Now, take a deep-bottomed pan and add oil to it. Heat the oil and add potatoes to it. Fry them until they become golden brown.
- Drain the excess oil and keep the potatoes aside.
- Now, add more oil to the pan and heat well. Temper with onion, cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves. Don’t forget to add a pinch of sugar. This will give a nice red color to your ‘mutton kosha’.
- Fry onions until they become golden brown. Next, add the marinated mutton and salt to the pan. Mix well and cook for 30 to 45 minutes in low flame.
- Once mutton gets softer, add water to the preparation. You should always add water according to the gravy you want. Now, cover the pan with the lid and let the mutton be cooked in low flame. It will take one hour. So, don’t make haste.
- Check out the mutton after an hour. You will see it has become soft and juicy. Now, add fried potatoes, and a dash of whole spice powder. Mix it well.
Cook again for five minutes and you are done. - Your ‘Sunday Funday Mutton Kosha’ is ready to serve.
Bengalis usually have it with rice and ‘luchi’. ‘Luchi and Kosha Mangsho’ is really one of the outstanding recipes to offer your guests. Prepare it and have the best of it. If you are too much calorie conscious, you should avoid the recipe as it is quite rich and spicy.