Singaporean North Indian cuisine

[DigitaLVampirE]

I have decided to share my own concoction of a North Indian dish generally enjoyed by Singaporean North Indians. Recipes vary, but all are essentially hot and spicy. Not for the faint hearted or anyone who dislikes breaking out in sweat.

Mutton curry (can be substituted with lamb)

1. 1 large onion
2. 3 red chillis (chopped)
3. 4 red bird's eye chillis (chopped)
4. 1 cup coconut milk
5. 1 teaspoon ginger paste
6. 1 teaspoon garlic paste

1 teaspoon mustard seeds
5 curry leaves
Half a kilo Mutton (goat meat) (chopped in cubes)
3 bay leaves
4 whole cloves
1 1/2 teaspoon corainder seeds
2 cardamom
1/2 teaspoon turmeric (Haldi powder)
2 dried whole red chilis
1/3 cup vegetable oil
Salt to taste

Make into a paste the first six ingredients in the above list by adding a little amount of water and put it aside.

Make into a powder cloves, coriander seeds, cardamom, turmeric, and mustard seeds.

Mix mutton pieces, salt, and the paste. Keep aside for 40 minutes and then in a pot, in sufficient amount of water, cook on medium heat until the meat becomes tender.

Heat oil in a large skillet. When oil is hot, add chopped red chillis, dried chillies bay leaves, and the above meat. Do not add any remaining liquid from the marinade. This will be needed later. Stir fry on high heat for at least 10 minutes and then add the powdered spices. Fry for two more minutes on low heat and then add the remaining liquid from the marinade dish. Cook on low heat for a further 20 minutes or until the sauce thickens.

Serve hot with plain rice and place a jug of icy cold water nearby.
Get someone ready with a camera and watch you eat.

[wild-in-tent]

Thanx DV,
I, for one, am going to try it...it looks yummy to me...but then I love hot foods.

I am battling an abcess actually more than one lol! tooth, I was going to say last night that I have a distant cousin from Bengal on this board and when I get a moment for him I intend to make him cook me something hot lol! If he reads this lol! He will know that I am descending on his house with a vengeance so he had better get the Kabuli chicken recipe from his Afghan grandmother or I will haunt him on Halloween! He had also better get a good hot recipe from his Bengali mother. He cooked me curried shrimps and yummy! His cooking is sure improving. I already promised to cook something for him so he stands to benefit from this cross-cultural exchange lol! His dad and my dad are related through a line of ours that went to Portugal and then to Goa India. Alot of those guyz in Goa are pretty cute. Now add good food and they could have a new influx lol! The Portuguese do not have the territory cornered anymore.....hey being Celtic lol I can wander off without a second thought especially for good food. I keep telling him that I am moving to India.

[DigitaLVampirE]

Quite an interesting lineage you have. I'm a North Indian myself, parents originally from Uttar Pradesh and moved to Singapore in the 60's. My wife's a Chinese and as a result, our 3 month old son's a "Chindian".

I posted this recipe with an intention: To see if Westerners are daring to try something extremely hot and spicy. Notice in my ingredient, i added bird's eye chilli? Have you ever tried that? It's a mini-chilli packed with a punch that will sky-rocket you to the roof. No kidding. I've seen so many expatriate Westerners here try our local hot and spicy dishes, almost always breaking out in sweat, the poor fellows. I encourage you, try the recipe.
You won't be disappointed.

[Polwarth]

The UK is the curry capital of the Western World. Glasgow, Bradford and Birmingham vie to be the home-town of the Curry Chef of the Year...

Can't make any Indian dish (actually most restaurants here are Pakistani or Bangladeshi, but still called Indian) too hot for my tastes.