Varutharacha Mutton Curry

This was my weekend special, got this recipe from a cookery show. Taste was awesome, got thumbs up from my hubby  ;)

Ingredients:

Mutton	1 kg
Coconut milk(thin-rendam pal)	3/4 cup
Coconut milk(thick-onnam pal)	1/4 cup
Ginger	2 inch piece
Garlic	6 to 8 cloves
Green chilly	2
Chilly powder	1 tspoon
Turmeric powder	1/2 tspoon
Curry leaves	1 pinch
Salt	to taste

For stirring in oil and grinding:

Oil	2 tspoon
Coconut	1&1/4 cup
Small onion	18 to 20
Dry red chilly	3
Coriander powder	1 tspoon
Pepper powder	1 tspoon
Curry leaves	1 pinch
Water	less than 1/4 cup

for tempering:

Oil	1/2 tspoon
Small onion	2
Mustard	1/2 tspoon
Dry red chilly	2(small)
Curry leaves	1 pinch

Preparation:

(1)  Wash and clean mutton. Cut into medium pieces. Keep it aside. Extract coconut milk from coconut and make thin and thick milk. Keep it aside. Chop ginger, garlic and green chilly. Keep it aside.

(2) Heat the pressure cooker and add mutton pieces with thin coconut milk. Add ginger, garlic, green chillies, chilly powder, turmeric powder, curry leaves and salt. Mix well. Cook it for 3 to 4 whistles. Keep the remaining water with it which can be used for making gravy. Keep it aside.

(3) Mean while heat oil in a pan. Add grated coconut and stir for 2 minutes. Now add peeled onion, curry leaves and dry chilly into it. Saute till the color of coconut changes brownish. Switch off the flame, add coriander powder and pepper powder. Mix well and allow it to cool.

(4) Once it is cooled, grind it in a mixer by adding water and make a fine paste.

(5) Add ground paste to the cooked mutton pieces with the water in it. Mix well. Make a salt test here. Close the vessel with a lid and allow to heat it in low flame for 5 to 10 minutes. Let the flavor sets well.

(6) Mean while heat oil in a pan and temper with the ingredients shown under  "for tempering" heading. Pour it to the mutton pieces. Add thick coconut milk. Mix once and switch off the flame. Your varutharacha mutton curry is ready. Close the vessel with a lid for 5 minutes before serving (Since it was hot i couldn't get a clear picture finally).

Have the curry with your appam/chappathi/rice/idly/dosa

Tips:

• Thin coconut milk is made by mixing water with thick coconut milk. 
• If you want the gravy as thick, reduce the amount of thin coconut milk.