Kosha Mangsho

Kosha Mangsho

📍 West Bengal 🍽️ Bengali Non-Vegetarian 🍗 Hard 🎉 Durga Puja Special 👁️ 22 views
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Bengals definitive celebration meat dish - mutton slow-cooked in a thick caramelised onion and yoghurt gravy. Sunday lunch at its greatest.

60mPrep
90mCook
150mTotal
4Serves
450kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1

    Marinate mutton with yoghurt, half the ginger-garlic paste, chilli powder, salt for minimum 1 hour.

    60 min
  2. 2

    Heat mustard oil to smoking point. Fry onions for 20-25 minutes until deep brown and caramelised.

    💡 Tip: The onions must be very dark - this is where the flavour comes from.
    25 min
  3. 3

    Add remaining ginger-garlic paste. Fry 5 minutes. Add marinated mutton.

    5 min
  4. 4

    Increase heat to high. Fry and stir continuously the mutton for 15 minutes without adding water.

    💡 Tip: Kosha means the mutton must dry fry - no water yet.
    15 min
  5. 5

    Reduce heat, cover and slow cook for 45 minutes adding water only if it sticks.

    45 min
  6. 6

    Finish with Bengali garam masala and ghee. Serve with luchi or rice.