Recipe- Easy To Make Goat Curry

This recipe is the ‘easy version’ of Bengali-style goat curry. If you are cooking goat meat for the first time or even cooking a curry for the first time - this is the recipe for you. Easy goat curry is made with goat meat, more commonly known as mutton in India. However don’t be fooled by this simple recipe, the end result can easily compete with any restaurant-style mutton curry. For more experienced cooks, I have provided some variations of this recipe.

Ingredients

1 kg goat meat (curry pieces)
2 large potatoes
1 large onion sliced
1 inch ginger grated (or 1 tablespoon ginger paste)
2-3 cloves garlic grated (or 1 tablespoon garlic paste)
⅓ cup yogurt
1½ tablespoon cumin powder
1 tablespoon chilli powder or as per taste
2½ teaspoon turmeric powder
Salt to taste
2 tablespoon ghee
1 teaspoon garam masala

Method

- Wash and clean the goat meat

- To this, add onion, ginger, garlic, yogurt, cumin powder, chilli powder, salt, and 2 teaspoon turmeric powder. Mix well and cover

- Let the meat marinate for one hour

- Wash and peel potatoes. Cut them into large cubes

- Heat ghee in a kadhai and add ½ teaspoon turmeric powder

- Add potatoes and fry until it is light golden. Set aside

- Next, add the marinated meat along with ½ cup water to the same pan

- Cover and let it cook on low heat for about 30 minutes

- Stir occasionally to make sure it does not burn or stick to the bottom of the pan

- Once the spices are fully cooked and fat releases, add 3 cups of water and bring to boil

- Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes until the meat is almost done

- Add the fried potatoes and cook for a further 15 minutes or until the meat and potatoes are cooked

- Add garam masala and mix well

- Serve hot with steamed rice.