Salli Boti
Salli Boti is a parsi dish, non creamy , delicious , and flavorful. Served with parantha or naans with fresh salads. Basically Salli Boti has a thick gravy made out of onions , tomatoes and other spices , roasted in the oil to get that perfect taste . The more you roast the spices with onions and Mutton pieces , the better it tastes .
The best way of cooking mutton meat , be it boneless or with bones is to cook by slow cooking method. In the thick gravy made out of onions and tomatoes and other spices roasted in oil . But if you are running late , then you can pre boil the mutton pieces in little water with some ginger garlic paste and salt . But I would suggest you to make by slow cooking method .
Here is the recipe of Salli Boti
INGREDIENTS :
- 500 gms lamb boneless meat
- 2 -3 green cardamom pods
- 2-3 pepper corns
- 2-3 cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 black cardamom pods
- 1 Cinnamon stick ( small )
- 2-3 medium sized tomatoes
- 7-8 onions finely chopped
- 3 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp coriander powder - 1 -2 tsp red chilly powder
- 2-3 green chilies
- 1/4 cup curd
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- coriander leaves for garnishing
- 1/2 cup salli potato wafer
- pinch of turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- vegetable oil
METHOD:
- In a deep pan , drizzle oil and add all the whole spices , fry for half a second .
- Add chopped onions , fry until it turns translucent .
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw smell dissappears .
- Add mutton pieces ( make sure you chop the lamb’s meat into small pieces ) and fry for 5-6 minutes on high flame till mutton changes its color.
- Now add peeled and chopped tomatoes , salt , turmeric powder , coriander powder and red chilly powder .
- Stir and keep on low flame flame until the oil seperates .
- If needed add half or 3/4 cup of water and keep on slow flame until the mutton has cooked . ( here in this step , mutton will take some time to cook , so in between keep a check on it and if needed add little water time to time so that it does not stick at the bottom )
- Turn off the gas , add curd and stir well .
- Turn on the gas and add chopped green chilies , cumin powder , garam masala powder .
- Mix well , let it simmer on low flame until oil separates .
- Garnish with Salli Wafers & coriander leaves and serve hot with fresh salads , onion rings and parathas or phulkas or butter naan or tandoori naan .
NOTE :
- If you do not want to add chopped green chillies , skip it .
- Increase or decrease the number of chilly powder as per your preferences .
- If you are running late , boil the mutton pieces partially ( half cooked ) in cooker with salt and 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste , rest the procedure is same .
- Mutton Salli Boti is best if cooked with slow cooking method and not in cooker, the taste will enhance and give the dish a mesmerizing flavor .
- The cooking time may vary as it shall depend on your mutton quality , freshness , size of the mutton pieces and other conditions .
PREPARATION TIME : 50 -60 minutes .
SERVES : 3-4 Persons .
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