by Neha

There are quite a few choices for Indian non-vegetarian dishes and its always good to have some bookmarked for regular use. Mutton Masaledar is one such recipe which can be used in your regular cooking. This dish of mutton is cooked with a lot of dahi and spices and turns out delicious with a nice color and texture of curry. It can be served with home made roti or paratha and goes well with all. The dish uses a number of whole spices as well as powdered spices to gets its taste. I’m sure you want to get to this recipe quickly and serve it to your family, so go ahead and use this Mutton Masaledar Recipe.

All you need is (serves 4)

Mutton – 500 gms

Onion – 2 cup (cut in small pieces)

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp

Tomato – 1 cup (cut in small pieces)

Green cardamom – 4 to 5

Cloves – 5 to 6

Cinnamon – 1 inch stick

Black peppercorns – 8 to 10

Black cardamom – 4

Cumin seeds – 2 tsp

Coriander seeds – 2 tsp

Dry red chili – 4 to 5

Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp

Dahi – 1 cup

Salt to taste

Oil – 2 tbsp

Green coriander to garnish

Mutton Masaledar Recipe

Preparation time: 10 min.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Roast the whole spices until a nice aroma starts to come.

Grind them into a powder and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pressure pan, saute onions until light golden brown, add ginger garlic paste and saute for another 2 min.

Add tomatoes and saute till the oil leaves the sides.

Add mutton and fry till it changes color and dry.

Add all the spices and saute for 8-10 min with little water as needed.

Add dahi and fry for another 3-4 min.

Pressure cook with 2 cups of water for 7-8 whistles or till mutton is done.

Garnish with green coriander and serve.

By Shivangani Sandeep Dhawan

Masala omelette is an all time favourite. The easiest dish to make on the go, you can fluff it up and add a variety of toppings like mushrooms, capsicum, cheese and boiled potatoes.

Ingredients:

4 eggs
4 onions, finely chopped
2 green chilies, finely chopped
2 tbsp milk
4 tbsp capsicum, finely chopped
4 tbsp tomatoes, finely chopped
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp fresh black pepper powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
A few coriander leaves, finely chopped
2 tbsp olive oil (or butter)

Method:

-Beat the eggs till frothy (the more you beat the egg the fluffier it will come out to be). Add the rest of the ingredients except the oil and whisk well.

-Drizzle oil in a pan, allow it to heat up. Once hot, reduce flame, add half of the egg mixture and swirl it around the pan. Cook on low to medium flame till the sides are cooked and the underside is slightly browned.

-Slowly flip over and cook the other side.

-Slide the omelette onto a plate and serve with bread or buns.

Bhurji, onion It is one of the easiest dishes to whip up.

Ingredients: One finely chopped big onion, one tomato cut into big pieces, two eggs, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, chilly powder, garam masala, oil, salt to taste.

Preparation: Saute the onion in a kadai with oil. Now add ginger garlic paste, add tomato, turmeric powder, chilly powder, garam masala and salt. Saute it for some time, then keep the mix aside. In another vessel, break the eggs and prepare bhurji (scrambled eggs). Add this bhurji to the mix that has been kept aside. You can add coriander leaves if you want.

Soumitra Das,