Mutton Rogan Josh

Ingredients:-

1 kg - mutton ( some bones)
8 cloves - garlic chopped or crushed
3 tsp - kashmiri red chilli powder
1/2 cup - thick yoghurt
250 gm - onions chopped
1/4 cup - ghee/ oil
4 - cloves
2 large - black cardamom
4 - green cardamom
2 - tej patta
1 blade - of mace/javitri
1 1/2 tsp - coriander powder
1 tsp - fennel / saunf powder
1 tsp - ginger powder/ sonth
1/4 tsp - turmeric
salt - to taste

Method:-

1. Boil the mutton with the garlic and 1/2 teaspoon salt in 6 cups water for 30 minutes. Remove and strain. Keep stock aside.
2. Make a paste of the red chilli powder by adding a little bit of water.
3. Whisk the yoghurt, set aside.
4. Heat ghee/oil. Add onions and fry till golden brown. Add cloves, green and black cardamoms, mace coarsely ground together. Add the 2 bay leaves. Fry for a minute.
5. Add the coriander, fennel, ginger and turmeric powder and fry. Add chilli paste and a little warm water and stir.
6. Add the meat, saute till nicely coated by masala. If the masala sticks to bottom of pan keep adding a little of the stock kept aside.
7. Add whisked yoghurt and stir well..
8. Add 3-4 cups of the stock kept aside and lower heat. Cover and cook till meat is tender.