Ember Crest recipe
Dum-Chatpata Bhuna Mutton
Mutton cooked with minimal water until the masala clings to every piece.
- Prep
- 20 mins plus 45 mins marination
- Cook
- 75 mins
- Serves
- 4
- Level
- Hard
Ingredients
- 750 g mutton, curry-cut
- 120 g plain curd
- 300 g onion, finely sliced
- 180 g tomato, chopped
- 25 g ginger-garlic paste
- 60 ml mustard oil or cooking oil
- 8 g salt, or to taste
- 150-250 ml hot water
- 1 green chilli, slit (optional)
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
- 28 g Dum Chatpata Meat Masala
Instructions
- 1Marinate the mutton with curd, 15 g Dum Chatpata Meat Masala and half the salt for forty-five minutes.
- 1Heat the oil and cook the onions until deep golden.
- 2Add ginger-garlic paste and tomato; bhuno until the mixture is concentrated.
- 3Add the remaining masala and marinated meat. Bhuno over medium heat for ten minutes.
- 4Add only enough hot water to tenderise the meat. Pressure-cook or simmer covered until tender.
- 5Cook uncovered, stirring often, until the gravy reduces to a thick coating. Garnish and serve.
Recipe notes
A concentrated bhuna preparation. Cook slowly after tenderising so the onion-tomato base reduces without scorching.

