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Irachi Varathathu - Deep-fried Meat

Ingredients

Serves: 4

500 gms boneless mutton or beef

1 cup oil

8 green chillies,slit

1/2 medium-sized,fresh coconut,grated

Ground to a fine paste:

3 cloves garlic,chopped

3-cm piece ginger,chopped

3 tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp black pepper powder

3-cm stick cinnamon,broken into pieces

2 cloves

1 tsp fennel seeds (badi saunf)

1 tsp salt

4 tsp water

Method of Preparation

  • Wash meat,drain and cut into finger-sized strips
  • Place in a pressure cooker with scant 1/2 cup water and cook under pressure for 30 minutes.
  • Drain off stock and use for some other purpose.
  • Rub spice paste into meat and marinate for an hour
  • Heat oil in a kadhai and deep-fry meat in batches.Drain and set aside.
  • Reduce oil to 2 tbsp,add green chillies and coconut,and fry,stirring constantly,till coconut turns brown.
  • Mix in meat and serve.