Mansa Tarkari (Mutton Curry) Odia Style

Mansa Tarkari Odia Style is a popular mutton curry from the state of Orissa. Mansa aloo tarkari is a spicy and lip smacking curry made with mustard oil and minimal aromatic spices. Mutton potato curry makes a perfect weekend meal.

Odia style Mansa Tarkari is a traditional mutton curry from the state of Orissa. Goat meat or in my case lamb is slow cooked with warm and aromatic Indian spices along with potatoes until the meat is cook through and the meat is juicy and tender.

But today I will show you how to cook this delicious mutton curry, in one third of the time. Let’s get cooking!!

How to make Mansa Tarkari (Mutton Curry) Odia Style?

Mansa tarkari odia style is quite easy to make with basic ingredients. As much as I love the traditional slow cooked way of cooking the mutton, but these days to make my work even more quicker I have pre cooked the meat. And I assure you this does not hamper the flavour of the curry in any way. In fact you will achieve rich and flavourful mutton curry in one third time then that of slow cooking.

So let’s see how it is made.

Pre cooking the meat:

Marinate the meat with yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt for at least 1 to 2 hours or overnight. Then pressure cook the meat along with a cup of water for 4-5 whistles until the meat is 90% done. Set aside the meat and the juices for later use.

Making the curry:

Next heat the mustard oil and fry large chunks of potatoes until golden brown. Next temper the with bay leaves and dried red chillies and Indian five spice (panch phoron). Then add the onions and fry until golden brown. Mix in the ginger-garlic paste and fry until raw smell disappears. Now add the masalas and fry for a minute. Now mix in the pre cooked meat minus the marinade juices and mix it with the onion masala and cook for another 4-5 minutes until the meat and onion blend together.

Slowly start adding the cooking liquid (from the precooked meat) to the meat and potato mixture and the tomato and continue to cook on medium heat. Cover and cook slowly adding the cooking liquid a little at a time. This will take almost 35-40 minutes to cook the meat and the potatoes with the spice mix and infuse the flavours. Finally add the freshly ground garam masala in to the meat and toss everything well. Check the seasoning, add salt if required. I did not add more water in this curry, but if you like a little more gravy add a cup of water and continue cooking until it reached the desired consistency.

Here is a Mutton/ Lamb curry that you may like.

I hope you enjoy this delicious Mansa Tarkari (Mutton Curry) Odia Style as much as we do.

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Bon Appetit!!!