Chettinad Mutton Salna Recipe

 

மட்டன் சால்னா | Madurai Mutton Salna sidedish for Parotta

Poornima
Madurai Special Mutton Salna recipe an excellent sidedish for Parotta. A traditional Mutton Salna recipe that is so popular in madurai with rich flavours that makes it so perfect to serve with parota. Mutton pieces are cooked in onion and tomato based gravy with ground nuts(cashews, roasted gram dal) , coconut few spices to enhance the flavour. Lot of variations are there in making Salna but the basic ingredients are nuts, spices and coconut.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 People

Ingredients
  

  • Mutton 1kg
  • Red chilly powder 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves, coriander leaves

Coconut paste

  • Khus khus 1 tsp
  • Roasted gram dal 1 tsp
  • cashew 4-5
  • Fennel seeds 1 tsp
  • Coconut 4-5 pieces

Onion Tomato paste

  • 2 tsp oil
  • Shallots 300g
  • Ginger and garlic 100g
  • Tomatoes 2
  • Curry leaves

Instructions
 

  • Keep all ingredients ready
  • Clean and wash mutton and cook in pressure cooker for 4 whistles along with turmeric, salt and little water
  • Add all ingrdients given under coconut paste in a mixie jar and grind to fine mixture and then add little water and grind to smooth paste.
  • Ground coconut paste is ready. Keep aside.
  • In a earthern clay pot add 2 tsp oil
  • Add shallots and saute well. Add ginger, garlic and curry leaves and saute till raw smell goes off.
  • Add tomatoes and saute till mushy
  • Once done switch off. Transfer to a plate and cool down
  • Add to a mixie jar and grind to smooth paste. Keep aside.
  • In a clay pot add a tsp of oil. Add cumin/ fennel seeds saute.
  • Add ground onion, tomato paste and saute in oil
  • Add all masala powder given above. chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder and required salt.
  • Saute for 2-3 mins and add water for the salna
  • Now add the cooked mutton pieces along with soup.
  • Mix well cover and cook. Check whether mutton is cookked properly.
  • Now add the ground tomato paste and mix well check for salna consistency and add water if required.
  • Allow to boil for 2 mins after adding coconut paste.
  • Switch off Garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves
  • Serve hot with Parotta

Other mutton recipes

Mutton keema vadacurry for breakfast | Minced meat vadacurry

Mutton keema vadacurry or minced meat vadacurry is an excellent sidedish for tiffin items like Idly, dosa, appam and also it suits rice also. Normally in South Indian hotels they serve vadacurry maded with lentils or channa dal and it tastes absolutely delicious. In the same way of vadacurry recipe this dish is made with minced meat instead of channa dal. During on a holiday or sunday or on any special occassions you can try this mutton keema vadacurry for breakfast.

Below is the video link

Ingredients

  • Minced meat 1/2 kg
  • Sesame Oil 3-4 tsp
  • Cinnamon stick
  • cardamom 3-4
  • cloves 3-4
  • Shallots 150g
  • tomato 3
  • Salt as required
  • 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 2 tsp kashmiri red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tsp kuzhambu masala
  • 1/2 tsp cumin powder
  • 1/2 tsp garam masala
  • Fresh mint leaves
  • Curry leaves Coriander leaves
Mutton keema vadacurry
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Hello Friends, I am Poornima Senthil Kumar an IT professional and mother of 2 little angels. My passion for cooking is endless and this blog and Cookingmypassion youtube channel is my dream. I post day to day recipes and also some famous and interesting recipes in my blog and my channel. I love to shoot food preparations videos and also love to capture an eye-catching and mouth-watering pics of my recipes. Me and my husband both love to cook new and innovative recipes. And I am blessed to get my hubby as a supportive and acting partner in our cooking videos. We both love cooking and tasting food as much as we love each other lol... Cooking healthy food, eating happily and staying active without any illness till the last breath is the way of my life. And I would be very happy to know my friends are too happy and healthy with my recipes. No rules, Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way. - Masaharu Morimoto Thank you.

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