NON VEG THORAN

                             (NON VEG THORAN)

Mutton -500 gms. (boneless, cut into bite sized pieces)

Small onions - 1 cup (sliced)

Ginger garlic -1/2 cup sliced

Chilli powder -2tsp

Dania powder - 1tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp

Garam masala powder - 1tsp

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Curry leaves - as needed

coconut Oil - 2tbsp

salt- as needed

For grinding (into a coarse paste) (chathachedkkuka)

Coconut -1/2cup

Perumjeerakam - 1tsp (Anise or Fennel or Sweet Cumin ...)

Black pepper- 1tbsp

curry leaves - as needed

Cut mutton into bite sized pieces and clean them.

Mix mutton with all the powders salt and Pressure cook it with just enough water for abt 4 whistles.In a pan,

Heat oil and fry mustard seeds, curry leaves and sliced small onions and ginger garlic.

Fry well till they are golden brown.

Pour the cooked mutton with the juice in to this pan and cook it till the juice is completely evaporated.

Finally add the coconut paste and cook it till the raw smell disappears and mutton is well cooked.

Add on :- we can make this thoran using beef, chicken, prawns, boiled egg white or diced tunafish in the same way.

In traditional thoran, there won't be any gravy at all.

The more shallots/small onions used, the more tasty this dish is...