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Laal Maans

31/07/2019 by Sujata Roy 31 Comments

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Laal maans.
A spicy and lipsmackingly delicious mutton curry from Rajasthani cuisine. A fiery hot and laal or bright red coloured curry. This spicy, rich, aromatic and red mutton curry is made of yoghurt, onion, garlic, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and mathania chillies. But it you don’t have mathania chillies, you can use Kashmiri red chilli. Use chilli according to your taste. If you want it hot add red chilli powder or chopped green chillies. My family members can’t eat too hot so I have used less chilli.

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Laal maans is a meat curry from Rajasthan, India. It is a mutton curry prepared in a sauce of yoghurt and hot spices such as red Mathania chillies. This dish typically is very hot and rich in garlic, the gravy may be thick or liquid and is eaten with chapatis made out of wheat (usually eaten in summers) or bajra (a millet grown in Rajasthan and eaten in the winter months.
Rajasthani cuisine was influenced by both the war-like lifestyles of its inhabitants and the availability of ingredients in this arid region. Food that could last for several days and could be eaten without heating was preferred. Scarcity of water and fresh green vegetables have all had their effect on the cooking. It is also known for its snacks like Bikaneri Bhujia, Mirchi Bada and Pyaaj Kachori.
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This month in Shhhhh cooking secretly challenge facebook group we members are sharing different dishes from the cuisine of Rajasthan.
This month my partner is very talented blogger Pavani Gunikuntla who blog at Pavanis kitchen. I always love her healthy and easy to make recipes.
Visit her space for different types of healthy and mouthwatering recipes. Before giving secret ingredient we always ask our partner about her choice. And I have wanted to make this laal maans. Everyone in my family loves it and I wanted to share the recipe for my readers. So as secret ingredient Pavani gave me curd and green cardamom and I gave her red chilli powder and cumin seeds. Do visit her blog to check the delicious Dahi kadhi recipe she made with these ingredients.
Shhh Cooking Secretly a group started by Priya of Priya’s Versatile Recipes, is where every month food bloggers are paired up and give each other 2 secret ingredients to cook with according to the theme chosen. If you’re interested in joining this exciting group then please leave a message in the comment section. Thank you.

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Normally mathania chillies are used to make this mutton curry. But We don’t get this chilli in our state. So I have used Kashmiri red chilli powder. This spicy mutton curry is goes well with steamed rice, jeera rice, pulao, roti, naan, bajra roti or any bread. Picture courtesy my daughter Suchismita .

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Recipe

Mutton – 500 gram

Onion – 4, thinly sliced

Black cardamom – 2

Green cardamom – 4

Cloves – 3

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Bay leaf – 2

Mustard oil – 1/2 cup

Curd – 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tablespoon

Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 3 tablespoon

Ghee or clarified butter – 2 tablespoon

Warm water – 1 & 1/2 cup

Cilantro or coriander leaves and onion slices to garnish

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Method

1. Heat mustard oil in a pan or pressure cooker.

2. When the oil becomes smoking hot remove from heat.
Let it cool down for a minute. Add bay leaf black cardamom, green cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and slices onion. Heat again and fry till the onion becomes brown.

3. Add mutton pieces, salt, ginger garlic paste and all the dry spices. See notes for other options for chillies. Saute till oil leaves the sides.

4. Add well beaten curd and mix well. Saute again till dried up and oil separates.

5. Add warm water and pressure cook till mutton pieces becomes tender.

6. Let the pressure settle on its own.
Open the pressure cooker and heat again. Check the seasoning and adjust as require. If require add little more water or if you want more thick gravy boil for a few minutes more till you get your desired consistency.

7. Add ghee and mix.

8. Remove from heat. Garnish with chopped cilantro or coriander leaves and onion slices.
Serve with hot steamed rice, jeera rice, pulao, puri, roti, naan, bajra roti or any bread.

Notes
1. You can add some finely chopped green chilli with sliced onion if you want more spicy and hot curry. Or you can use hot variety red chilli powder. Use chilli according to your spice tolerance.
2. If you have red Mathania chillies or kashmiri dry red chilli either dry roast and powder or soak in water for 20 – 25 minutes and grind and use instead of kashmiri red chilli powder.

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  1. JollyHomemadeRecipes says

    31/07/2019 at 1:11 PM

    WOW!! Recipe with full of flavours di. perfect colour, we are fan of chicken & tried different varieties also, will try this Rajasthani style, totally yumm 😋

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      31/07/2019 at 1:13 PM

      Thanks a lot Jolly. Glad you liked it. Please do try and let me know how it turns out 😍

      Reply
  2. The Girl Next Door says

    02/08/2019 at 1:17 PM

    The dish sounds full of flavour! I’m sure this would be a right treat for meat lovers. 🙂

    Lovely presentation!

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  3. shobhakeshwani says

    05/08/2019 at 6:20 AM

    Who can ever resist the spicy Rajasthani mutton speciality .. Very delicious.

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  4. sizzlingtastebuds says

    05/08/2019 at 9:06 AM

    a classic Rajasthani Dish, and presented so beautifully Sujata !

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      07/08/2019 at 12:21 PM

      Thank you so much Kalyani!

      Reply
  5. FoodTrails says

    07/08/2019 at 5:04 AM

    The flavours of this famous rajasthani dish sounds so rich and inviting.. it is a riot of flavours for non-vegetarians.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      07/08/2019 at 12:19 PM

      Thanks Swaty. Yes taste is too good. Everyone loved it 😊

      Reply
  6. Ashima says

    07/08/2019 at 4:44 PM

    Laal Maas is the first recommendation whenever someone visiting Rajasthan asks us what they should eat but being vegetarian myself, I have never tried it but heard so much praise about this one. Recently saw a vegetarian version using Jackfruit. Your curry looks totally true to the name! So red 🙂

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      08/08/2019 at 12:39 AM

      Thanks Ashima. If you are vegetarian then you should try this curry with jackfruit or any other suitable vegetables. I am sure you will love the taste 😊

      Reply
  7. Priya says

    07/08/2019 at 6:16 PM

    Wow..look at that vibrant orange colour.. lovely presentation

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      08/08/2019 at 12:37 AM

      Thank you so much Priya!

      Reply
  8. poonampagar says

    10/08/2019 at 12:56 AM

    Loved that gorgeous red color of your curry di ! The Lal maas looks very inviting and fiery hot. A perfect treat for meat lovers.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      11/08/2019 at 5:32 PM

      Thank you so much Poonam 😊

      Reply
  9. mayurisjikoni says

    11/08/2019 at 4:22 AM

    Such fiery looking gravy Sujata. Love the color of laal mass. I’d love to use the gravy with perhaps soya or paneer. The clicks are beautiful, simple and yet so effective.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      11/08/2019 at 5:32 PM

      Thanks a lot Mayuri. Yes you can surely try this gravy for veg dishes. Glad you liked it. This time picture credit goes to my daughter 😊

      Reply
  10. namscorner18 says

    11/08/2019 at 5:30 AM

    What a vibrant color and it is very tempting. My husband would surely love this gravy. Bookmarking to try soon.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      11/08/2019 at 5:29 PM

      Thank you so much. Please do try and let me know how it turns out 😊

      Reply
  11. Renu Agrawal Dongre says

    12/08/2019 at 2:28 PM

    Wonderful flavours in this dish. Have heard always about the dish but being a vegetarian never tried. I would though love to try this recipe for my DH. The gravy looks scrumptious

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/08/2019 at 9:49 AM

      Thanks a lot Renu!

      Reply
  12. ARCHANA says

    12/08/2019 at 4:02 PM

    WOw, what and awesome gravy and curry! My head is already working on how I can convert it to a vegetarian recipe. Lipsmacking delicious.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/08/2019 at 9:49 AM

      Thanks a lot Archana!

      Reply
  13. jayashreetrao says

    13/08/2019 at 2:25 PM

    This will be perfect for the weekend, looks spicy and tasty. Loved the ingredients that went in the gravy.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/08/2019 at 9:48 AM

      Thank you so much Jayashree!

      Reply
  14. PepperOnPizza says

    13/08/2019 at 2:33 PM

    Mathania chilies – I have not come across these before. Must try to get some when I next travel to Rajasthan. The Lal Maas looks so good, and in the kind of chill weather we are having at Bangalore, it sounds perfect with garma garam roti!

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      19/08/2019 at 11:41 AM

      Thanks a lot Sujata Shukla. Glad you liked it 😍

      Reply
  15. Vasusvegkitchen says

    15/08/2019 at 6:26 PM

    Love to replace meat with any veggie, spices used in it surely made this curry a big hit thr. Gravy looks very rich that it will be big treat for non veg lovers..

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      19/08/2019 at 11:40 AM

      Thank you so much Aruna 😊

      Reply
  16. Seema Doraiswamy Sriram says

    17/08/2019 at 11:36 PM

    Love love love the new style of photography, Sujata will love to see more in this style. those chillies are interesting. Will love to see how they look like, do post one when you have a sample.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      19/08/2019 at 11:36 AM

      Thanks a lot Seema. Pictures are clicked by my daughter. I have conveyed your words to her. I will surely share the pictures of chilli if I can get some 😊

      Reply
  17. Sasmita Sahoo Samanta says

    07/09/2019 at 3:55 AM

    I simply enjoyed this with some phulka / steamed rice 🙂 What a vibrant color di. Although I have prepared the vegetarian version, still I love this 😉

    Reply

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