COOKING MADE SIMPLE - Mutton Korma

EASY COOKING - KORMA made SIMPLE

A Simple Recipe for MUTTON KORMA 

By 

VIKRAM KARVE 

From my Foodie Archives: 

Simple Curry - Mutton Korma - Easy to Cook - Tastes Delicious.

Long back, in the late 1960’s or early 1970’s I think, in Bareilly, we once went for a meal in a restaurant called Rio, if I remember correctly. 

(I wonder if Rio Restaurant still exists in Bareilly)

As everyone ordered chicken and veg dishes, I wanted to have mutton that day, and in the list of the usual mutton dishes I spotted Mutton Korma and decided to eat it. 

Inquisitive, I wanted to know what “Korma” meant, so I asked, and they told me that Korma means gravy made without haldi (turmeric). 

Is this a fact? 

Can some culinary expert tell us more about this – is this true or is it just a myth? 

I was curious, so they allowed me into the kitchen and let me see this simple dish being prepared – this is the first non-veg recipe I learnt, and I make it often because it is simple and straightforward to cook. 

Let me share the recipe for a simple Korma with you. 

Heat pure ghee, yes, pure ghee, in a vessel. 

I never pressure cook meat as I feel slow cooking brings out the taste best. 

Add the whole masalas [tejpatta, cardamom (choti and badi elaichi), laung, dalchini, kali miri (peppercorn)]

Saute till they start crackling.

Then put in lots of finely chopped onions and fry till brown and crisp.

Add ginger garlic paste, red chillies, and fry till the moisture evaporates.

Then add the mutton pieces, and stir lightly, and gently roast the mutton in its own juices till dry. 

Now add whipped curds, and let the mutton cook in the curds, stirring very slightly from time to time.

When the gravy becomes dry and starts sticking to the bottom, add water, cover, and simmer on slow fire, stirring once in a while, till the mutton is done. 

When almost ready, add salt to taste, sprinkle a little cardamom powder for flavour, give a final simmering boil to the curry, garnish with fresh coriander.

The Mutton Korma is ready to eat with chapatti, roti, pav, or rice, whatever you like. 

I like cooking and eating mutton korma.

It is simple to cook, no fancy laborious time-consuming preparations and marinades, it’s not too spicy and tastes nice and mild, and the dish is ready to eat in half an hour. 

About the “turmeric” part, will someone please enlighten us? 

Is it true that  Korma means gravy made without haldi (turmeric) ?

I cook korma without turmeric but I have seen recipes of korma which include turmeric. 

Try out this simple dish – you’ll relish a freshly prepared delicious steaming korma with piping hot chapatis or fresh fluffy pav on a cold rainy day. 

I love a vegetarian dish called Navratan Korma too – it’s nice and sweetish, I don’t know how to make it, but from the taste looks like it too doesn’t contain turmeric. 

Happy Cooking and Blissful Eating!

VIKRAM KARVE

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A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer. Educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories, creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional research papers in journals and edited in-house journals for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for almost 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing. Vikram lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.

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