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Goa · Dinner

Goan Mutton Sorpotel (Festive Pork/Mutton)

Traditional 5. Goan Mutton Sorpotel recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Mutton/goat meat, bone-in pieces — 750g
• Mutton liver — 200g, cut into chunks
• Kashmiri dried chillies — 18-20
• Byadagi dried chillies — 6-8
• Black peppercorns — 15-18
• Cinnamon stick — 1-inch piece
• Cloves — 6-8
• Cumin seeds — 2 tsp
• Coriander seeds — 1.5 tsp
• Garlic cloves — 12-14, peeled
• Fresh ginger — 2 tbsp, sliced
• Tamarind — 1.5 marble-size pieces, soaked in 150ml hot water
• Coconut vinegar — 175ml
• Palm jaggery (gur) — 2.5 tbsp, grated
• Vegetable oil — 4 tbsp
• Onions — 3.5 large, finely sliced
• Salt — 2 tsp
• Sugar — 1.5 tsp
• Water — 500ml
• Curry leaves — 12-15 sprigs

👩‍🍳 How to make Goan Mutton Sorpotel

1. In salted water (2 tsp salt), parboil mutton meat and liver together 30-35 min until partially cooked
2. Drain well, reserve 300ml cooking broth
3. Dry-toast all spices individually (2 min each): Kashmiri chillies, Byadagi chillies, peppercorns, cinnamon, cloves, cumin, coriander
4. Cool completely, grind all to coarse powder
5. Soak tamarind in hot water 30 min, squeeze and strain (save liquid)
6. Blend spice powder with garlic, ginger, and 100ml vinegar to smooth paste
7. Heat 2 tbsp oil in heavy pot over medium-high flame
8. Brown parboiled meat in batches 8-10 min per batch (develop crust)
9. Remove meat, set aside
10. Add remaining 2 tbsp oil to pot
11. Sauté onions 6-8 min until deep golden brown
12. Add ground masala paste, cook 6 min on medium heat until oil separates
13. Add remaining 75ml vinegar, cook 2 min
14. Pour in tamarind liquid (strained), stir well
15. Return meat to pot, mix thoroughly (4 min)
16. Add reserved broth, water, salt, jaggery, sugar, curry leaves
17. Bring to boil, then reduce heat to low
18. Cover tightly, simmer 50-60 min stirring every 15 min (meat becomes very tender, sauce reduces and thickens)
19. Cook uncovered final 10 min if sauce needs thickening
20. Reheats beautifully, better after 3-4 days
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