Railway mutton curry recipe | How to make railway mutton curry

Railway mutton curry recipe – Railway mutton curry is a simply delectable less spicy mutton curry recipe first prepared in Old Indian Railways canteen. Railway mutton curry is made of mutton with big potato chunks with creamy coconut milk. This Railway curry is quite close to a fiery Bengali mutton curry (Aloo diye Pathar Mangshor jhol) but prepared with coconut milk & tamarind pulp to dilute the fieriness of the gravy.

Railway mutton curry seems a combined mutton curry recipe belonging to two Indian regions Bengal & Kerala. Seems potatoes and mustard oil were added to Bengali cusine. On the other hand, tamarind pulp & coconut milk generates a similar taste to traditional Kerala mutton curry.

Railway mutton curry is originally served with dinner rolls, however, you can serve this curry with roti, or rice.

About Railway mutton curry recipe

Railway mutton curry recipe was originally created by the chef of the British Indian Railway’s Frontier mail (Golden temple mail). A simply delectable less spicy lamb or goat meat curry cooked in railways canteen with potatoes, coconut milk & tamarind pulp. This mutton curry was prepared for railways first-class coaches’ British and Anglo-Indian passengers. This less spicy curry was made by seeing railwaysBritish and Anglo-Indian passengers’ tastes & non-spicy food habits. Served with the dinner roll.

In the authentic version of this Railway mutton curry recipe, mutton was slow cooked with coconut milk, tamarind pulp and a few simple ingredients. However, I am making this Railway mutton curry in a pressure cooker and making this mutton curry with curd (or unflavoured yogurt) and tomato to compensate with tamarind pulp. Even in this mutton curry, compared to cumin powder, a little more coriander powder is used to keep the stomach healthy. Whole spices such as cloves, cinnamon, cardamom & bay leaves play an important role in this mutton curry to create the exact flavour of any British Indian railways period curry.

If you love mutton curry, then you will surely love this old Indian railway delicacy. Besides, if you love a mutton curry cooked with coconut milk then also railways this curry is perfect for you.

Try this railway mutton curry at home, hope my step-by-step recipe description guides you best.

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Railway mutton curry recipe | How to make railway mutton curry

Recipe by Moumita PaulCourse: Lunch/DinnerCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Easy

Servings

5

servings

Prep time

5

minutes

Cooking time

35

minutes

Calories

300

kcal

Total time

40

minutes

Railway mutton curry is a simply delectable less spicy mutton curry recipe first prepared in Old Indian Railways canteen, made with mutton, big potato chunks, and creamy coconut milk, quite close to a fiery Bengali mutton curry but prepared with coconut milk & tamarind pulp to dilute the fieriness of the gravy. This mutton curry was originally served in railways first-class compartment with a dinner roll, but this curry goes best with white rice.

Ingredients

• ○ 500 g Mutton (Goat / Lamb Curry cut pieces)

• ○ 3 medium-sized Potatoes

• ○ 6-7 tbsp Coconut Milk / নারকেলের দুধ

• ○ 2+1/2 tbsp Curd / Yogurt / Dahi / Tamarind pulp

• ○ 2 Medium Onion

• ○ 1 medium Tomato

• ○ 3/4 tsp Ginger paste

• ○ 1+1/2 tsp Garlic paste

• ○ 3/4 tsp Cumin powder/ Jeera seeds paste

• ○ 1+1/2 tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya seeds paste

• ○ 1 tsp Plain Red chilli powder

• ○ 3/4 tsp Turmeric powder

• ○ 75 ml Mustard oil

• ○ 1 tsp Salt (as per taste)

• Whole spices (garam masala) for tempering

• ○ 1 pc Bay leaf

• ○ 4-5 pcs Cloves

• ○ 2-3 pcs Green Cardamom

• ○ 1-inch Cinnamon Stick

• ○ 8-10 pcs Whole Black pepper

• ○ 1 pc Whole Black Cardamom

• ○ 4 pcs Red Chillies (Whole)

Instruction

• For making railway mutton curry recipe, first simply heat a pressure cooker, with 75 ml mustard oil, and heat the oil till it releases smoke.
• Temper the oil with whole spices (described under the ingredients describes the whole spices or garam masala for tempering). Fry the spices until the aroma of the spices comes.
• Add 2 medium-sized finely sliced onions, fry until the onion gets soft & capture a light golden brown texture. 
• Then add railway mutton curry’s masala paste (which contains tomato, ginger and garlic paste, described in the ingredients), and sauté for 1 min.
• Afterwards, add 3/4 tsp cumin powder (originally used jeera seeds paste), 1+1/2 tsp coriander powder (originally used dhania seeds paste), 3/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp salt & 1 tsp plain red chilli powder (or red chilli paste). Give it a good stir & mix it well.
• Fry the spices until the raw smell goes off & leaves oil.
• Add little water (around 1/3 cup= 5-6 tbsp) mixed with masala left in the grinder (moshla dhoa’r jol in Bengali). Mix it well.
• Let the water boil until the gravy gets thick & quite dry off.
• Add cleaned & washed mutton pieces with big potato chunks (cut into halves) into the pressure cooker, and stir them well with the masala gravy.
• Roast the mutton and potatoes well in masala until separates oil, add 2 cups (500 ml) water, and mix well, and once the gravy starts boiling close the pressure cooker lid.
• Pressure cook the meat on high flame until one whistle blows, then cook for 10 mins on low flame.
• Remove the lid while the cooker automatically cools down by releasing its steam.
• Then add 2+1/2 tbsp well-beaten curd / yoghurt (dahi or tok doi) or tamarind pulp, mix it well, check the softness of the meat, and again turn on the gas.
• Once the gravy starts boiling, add 6-7 tbsp (≈1/2 cup) coconut milk (নারকেলে’র দুধ), and mix well. Check the salt, add if required. Boil the gravy until tastes good. Turn off the heat.
  
• Railway mutton curry is ready, serve this curry with a dinner roll, roti, or rice.

Notes

• For making a quick version of railway mutton curry, you can use unmatured lamb or goat meat. That meat easily gets cooked without a pressure cooker.
• Railway mutton curry is best to cook with mutton curry cut pieces.

How to make Railway mutton curry recipe step by step

Cooking Method

• For making railway mutton curry recipe, first, simply heat a pressure cooker with 75 ml oil mustard oil, and heat it till release smokes.
• Temper the oil with whole spices (described under the ingredients describes the whole spices for tempering). Fry the spices until the aroma of the spices comes.

• Add 2 medium-sized finely sliced onions, fry the onion until soft & capture a light golden brown texture. 

• Then add railway mutton curry masala paste (made the masala paste with tomato, and ginger garlic paste amount described in the ingredients), and sauté for 1 min.

• Afterward, add 3/4 tsp cumin powder, 1+1/2 tsp coriander powder, 3/4 tsp turmeric powder, and 1 tsp salt.
• Then add 1 tsp plain chilli powder and give it a good stir & mix it well.

• Fry the spices until the raw smell goes off & leaves oil.
• Then add little water (around 1/3 cup= 5-6 tbsp) mixed with masala left in the grinder (moshla dhoa’r jol/মশলা ধোয়ার জল in Bengali). Mix it well.

• Let the water boil until the gravy gets thick & quite dry off.

• Then add cleaned & washed mutton curry cut pieces with big potato chunks (cut into halves) into the pressure cooker.
• Stir the mutton and potatoes with the masala gravy.

• Roast the meat and potatoes well in masala until they separate oil. Then add 2 cups (500 ml) of water, and mix well, and once the gravy starts boiling, close the pressure cooker lid.

• Keep the Pressure cooker on high heat until the pressure cooker blows one whistle, then cook for 10 mins on slow heat.
• Remove the lid while the cooker automatically cools down by slowly releasing its steam.
• Then add 2+1/2 tbsp well-beaten curd or yoghurt (dahi) or tamarind pulp with the mutton gravy. Mix it well.
• Check the softness of the meat, and again turn on the gas.

• Once this gravy of this railway mutton curry starts boiling, cook it with 6-7 tbsp coconut milk (narkeler dudh).
• Check the salt, add if required (as per taste).
• Boil the gravy until tastes good, turn off the heat.

• Railway mutton curry is ready, serve this curry with a dinner roll, roti, or rice.