Nothing can go wrong with Meat and potatoes. It is a sure shot pleaser for any meat lovers out there
Here’s the recipe with drumrolls, please!
“Salli Boti” 
It is a main course meal with Meat
Prep Time is about 20 minutes
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Cooking Time is about an hour
Good food takes time so be prepared to spare 1 hour and 20 minutes for this recipe
Portions size is usually for 4 people
Ingredients for marination and cooking are as listed below:
Preparation:
The meat needs to be marinated for 2-3 hours
- 800 gram boneless lamb or goat meat cut into pieces
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tbsp green chilli, garlic and cumin paste
- 0.5 cup yoghurt
For the Salli Boti we need:
- About 4 tbsp oil
- 3 large onions finely chopped
- About 500 gm fresh tomato pureed
- 4 bay leaves
- About 1 tsp turmeric powder
- About 2 tsp red chilli powder
- About 2 tsp garam masala powder
- 4 cloves
- 4 star anise
- 2 tbsp Kolah’s sugar-cane vinegar
- 50 gram jaggery
- Salt according to taste
For Garnish and Serving
- finely chopped coriander
- about 150 gm fine salli (potato sticks) fried
- freshly made roti’s
Cooking
- Salli Boti is best cooked in earthen pot, but if it is not available you can also use a sauce pan.
- Start heating the pot and add about 4 tbsp of oil followed by finely chopped onions and fry until the onions are carmalized.
- Add the remaining spices and mix well for about 2 – 3 minutes.
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After that use the pureed tomatoes and mix well until it forms thick gravy.
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Once the gravy is thick, add the mutton pieces, along with jaggery and salt and give it a good stir.
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Then cover your pot and start the meat on slow cooking on a low-medium flame.
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In between cooking do check in on the meat every 10 – 15 minutes.
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Continue cooking and dry out the water slightly in between by removing the lid.
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Once everything is cooked and incorporated check for the taste
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You can add more garam masala if you wanted it to be more spicy or add jaggery if it was too spicy for your taste.
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The process of the cooking the meat on slow heat could take about 35-40 minutes when the meat will begin to be tender.
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Give it another 5 minutes to simmer and garnish it with fresh coriander and serve hot with Salli.
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Salli is thin-sticks of fried potatoes that can also be garnished or put on the
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sides with some freshly made Roti/chapattis.
TIP: The longer you marinate the meat the faster the meat cooks. It is also recommended to marinate the meat overnight as it will taste even better