Salli Boti Recipe

A mixture of Gujarati and Iranian cuisine makes up the wonderfully delicious dishes from Parsi cuisine. The fragrance and the flavours from the dishes serves as a reminder of how Indian food is an amalgamation of cuisines from all over the world. This traditional Salli Boti recipe contains succulent pieces of mutton cooked in a fragrant tomato sauce with various spices and masala giving it that perfect blend of flavours.

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A Parsi Delicacy

This delicious mutton gravy is the staple of Parsi Cuisine.

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Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

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Ingredients

• 500 grams of chopped onion
• 2 tsp of garam masala
• 1 tsp of Turmeric Powder
• 1 tsp of cumin powder
• 2 deghi mirch
• 1 tsp of bhuna jeera
• 2 garlic pods
• 1 green chilli
• 4 tsp of ginger-garlic paste
• 1 cup of fresh tomato puree
• 1/4 cup of sugar cane vinegar
• 750 grams of mutton cubed
• 12 soaked dry apricots
• salt to taste

Prep Time 30 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 500 grams of chopped onion 2 tsp of garam masala 1 tsp of Turmeric Powder 1 tsp of cumin powder 2 deghi mirch 1 tsp of bhuna jeera 2 garlic pods 1 green chilli 4 tsp of ginger-garlic paste 1 cup of fresh tomato puree 1/4 cup of sugar cane vinegar 750 grams of mutton cubed 12 soaked dry apricots salt to taste

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Instructions

1. Add the deghi mirch, bhuna jeera, garlic and green chilies in a blender and make a paste
2. Add the paste, 3 tsp of ginger-garlic paste and salt to the mutton pieces and make sure it coats all around
3. Marinate the mutton pieces for 2-3 hours
4. Heat up some oil in a frying pan and add the marinated mutton pieces
5. Fry the mutton pieces until its throughly cooked
6. Add some oil to another frying pan and drop in the chopped onions
7. Cook the onion until they are softened and add the masalas, ginger-garlic paste, tomato puree and salt
8. Add some water, cover the pan and let the mixture cook
9. Add the apricots and vinegar and the reduce the mixture
10. Stir in the mutton pieces and cook for 2-3 minutes
11. Remove from heat and serve hot with rice