Lamb Stew

Ingredients
Lamb meat - 1 kg
Ripe country tomato - 1 kg
Onions(chopped) - 2 cups
Green chillies(lengthwise split) - 6 nos
Garlic - 1/2 cup
Ginger(pieces) - 1/4 cup
Poppy seeds(Khashakhasha) - 2 tbsp
Cinnamon(Karugapatta) - 1" piece
Cloves(Grambu) - 10 nos
Cardamom(Elakka) - 10 nos
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - A fistful
Oil - 300 ml
Cashews - 100 gm
Red chilli powder - 3 tbsp
Salt - As reqd
Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp

Servings
5

HOW TO PREPARE
1)Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, 1 tsp full of salt and some oil to the meat and mix well and marinate for about an hour.
2)Take poppy seeds, cinnamon, cloves, cardamoms, ginger, garlic bulbs and one cup of chopped onions into a small bowl and grind in to smooth paste.
3)Heat oil in a frying pan.
4)Splutter mustard seeds and add cashew and fry until cashew turns brown.
5)Add finely cut tomato pieces and fry until tomato pieces are cooked to a smooth paste and the oil gets separated.
6)Add the marinated mutton and mix well.
7)Allow to cook for about 10 mins and add green chillies and curry leaves.
8)Fry for some more time.
9)Add enough salt.
10)Add enough water and simmer it on low flame until it is done.