Mutton Kola Urundai Kulambu

Amma is an expert in making this and it's Appa's all time favourite. Here, goes the family recipe with little secrets.   

Ingredients

Minced Mutton  - 500gms
Onion - 1
Tomato - 2
Coriander Powder - 2 Tablespoon
Chilly Powder - 1 Tablespoon
Curry Leaves - Few
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon
Cinnamon - 1
Cardamom - 2
Cloves - 2
Coconut - 1 Tablespoon
Mutton bones - 100gms (optional)
Oil - 1 Tablespoon

Paste 1
Cinnamon - 1
Cardamom - 1
Cloves - 2
Poppy Seeds - 1/2 Teaspoon
Saunf - 1/2 Teaspoon
Coconut - 1 Tablespoon

Paste 2
Onion - 1(Finely chopped)
Green Chilly - 1
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - little

Method

1. Keep Oil in a kadai and when it is heated, add 3/4th  of mutton mince and fry them with little bit of turmeric powder till it changes colour.
2. Fry ingredients in paste 1 in little bit of oil and keep them aside.
3. Fry ingredients for paste 2 in remaining oil.
4. Grind the fried mutton mince, uncooked 1/4th of mutton mince, ingredients of paste 1 together in the mixie to a coarse paste.
5.Now add ingredients for paste 2 and pulse them together till they are mixed.
6. Make golf size balls with this mixture. We can take half out of this mixture for a fry if we want.
7.If using bones, boil  them in water with salt , take the the stock and discard the bones. If we add bones, it'll break the mince balls.
8. Heat oil in a kadai, season with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, saunf seeds, curry leaves.
9. Add finely chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, tomato and fry them nicely.
10. Add coriander, chilly and turmeric powders.
11. Add 2 cups of water or bone stock and let it boil.
12.Grind coconut into a smooth paste and add it to the kulambu. Add salt.
13. When it is boiling, add 2 minced mutton balls and wait till they are floating on top. Now add next 2 balls. This way, add all the mutton balls 2 by 2.
14. Boil it for 5 minutes.
15.Switch off the stove and serve hot.