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Nalli Nihari Recipe

Impress your friends and family with this mouth-watering Nalli Nihari recipe. Follow our easy-to-follow guide and enjoy a hearty and flavorful meal.
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 26 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian Course
Servings 3 people
Calories 163.5 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 bottom vessel
  • 1 Frying Pan
  • 1 Mixer Grinder
  • 1 Mixing Bowl

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Mutton Shanks and Mutton pieces
  • 3 No Onions finely sliced
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
  • 150 grams Curd
  • 1.5 tbsp Red Chilly Powder (Kashmiri)
  • Salt as per taste
  • Turmeric Powder
  • 2 tbsp Wheat Flour
  • Ghee & Oil

Nihari Masala Ingredients

  • 2 No Bay Leaves
  • 4-5 No Dried Kashmiri Red Chillies
  • 1 No Cinnamon Stick
  • 1 No Mace
  • 1 No Star Anise
  • 2 No Long Peppers
  • 1/4 Part Whole Nutmeg
  • 3 No Green Cardomom
  • 1 No Black Cardomom
  • 1 tbsp Black pepper Powder
  • 3-4 No Cloves
  • 1/2 Inch Dry Ginger
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
  • 1/2 tsp Shahi Jeera
  • 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds
  • 1/4 tsp Khas Khas

Instructions
 

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  • Heat a bottom vessel and add 3 tbsp Ghee and 2 tbsp Oil.
  • Add some whole spices – Bay leaf, cloves, star anise etc. (as per choice)
  • Add finely sliced and fry them until crispy brown.
  • Dry roast all the whole spices to make the Nihari ka masala on low flame for one minute.
  • Transfer it to a jar and grind it to a fine powder.
  • Add 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste and saute until aromatic.
  • Add the mutton pieces and saute on high flame for 5 mins.
  • Add salt as per taste.
  • Then goes in the turmeric powder, red chill powder and 1.5 tbsp Nihari Masala powder.
  • Roast the masala along with the mutton.
  • Mix it properly
  • Saute until Oil Separates
  • Cover it with a lid and cook for 5 mins on low flame.
  • After 5 mins, open the lid and mix it once
  • Then add 3-4 cups of hot water and mix it well.
  • Ones it starts boiling, Cover it with an airtight lid and cook for at least 1 hour on low flame
  • Check the gravy after one hour.
  • Check to season and add salt and spices as required.
  • Add ½ tsp Black pepper powder, ½ tbsp amchur powder & Red chilly if required.
  • Add some water to the wheat flour and make a slurry (no lumps)
  • Add the wheat flour slurry to the gravy, mix it well, and let it boil.
  • Please turn off the heat and let it rest before serving.
  • Garnish with some coriander leaves and ginger juliennes.
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