Rajasthani cuisine: How to make traditional Laal Maas at home

Rajasthan is rich in culture and state has a distinct variety of food. One of most auntic delicacies from Rajasthani cuisine is Laal Maas. Laal Maas is a mutton curry prepared in a sauce of yogurt and host spices such as red Mania chillies. dish is rich in garlic, thick gravy and is served with chapatis me with wheat or bajra. Laal Mass is often served with plain rice in many restaurants. Here is recipe to make auntic laal maas at home.

Ingredients

• 10 Kashmiri dry red chillies (soaked in water for 20 minutes)
• 500 grams mutton (cut into 1-inch pieces)
• ½ cup curd
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 teaspoons cumin powder
• 2 teaspoons coriander powder
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 tablespoons ginger garlic paste
• Ghee as per requirement
• 2 black cardamom
• 1-inch cinnamon stick
• 3 cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 onions
• ½ teaspoon garam masala powder
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves, few sprigs, chopped for garnish
• For smoking
• 3 charcoal pieces

Preparation:

d water in a heavy-bottomed pan. d soaked Kashmiri red chillies and all dry spices including cumin seeds, black cardamoms, green cardamoms, cinnamon stick, cloves, bay leaf into water.

Let it boil and switch off flame once red chillies become soft. Let it cool down and retain water. n grind spices into a fine paste. In a large mixing bowl, d mutton, yoghurt, cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, one tablespoon ginger garlic paste and dry red chilli paste. Mix everything well and set aside to marinate in refrigerator for an hour.

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Heat ghee in a heavy-bottomed pan. d onions and saute till y turn light brown in colour. d remaining ginger-garlic paste and saute for a minute. d marinated mutton to onions and saute on high heat for two to three minutes. d required salt and retained water into pan.

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Cover pan with a lid and let it cook for 20-25 minutes. You can d more water according to your requirements. Once mutton is cooked, light piece of charcoal, place it in a small metal bowl and place bowl in centre of pan. d two to three cloves to coal, pour some ghee and quickly cover pan with a lid and set aside for two to three minutes. Remove charcoal bowl, put curry back on heat, d garam masala and give a quick stir before you remove it from heat. Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish it with coriander leaves. You can serve it with hot phulkas, steamed rice or baati.

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