Pepper Mutton Curry

When you have been cooking mutton regularly? You should crown yourself as a mutton queen or king. Hahahaha! Jokes aside. Honestly, you should. I have already in fact (Mutton Peratal, Mutton Dalca, Muton Kurma, Masala Mutton Curry & Mutton Keema). Moreover, trust me, you will confidently coin your own mutton recipes. Of course, mutton style of cooking in an Indian household? Must be in a gravy and must be spicy, though you do have options to dry style mutton. Pepper Mutton Curry.  I am not saying anything. I shall leave it up to you. Nevertheless, I am assuming you must be salivating right now? 

Ingredients
500g mutton - cut into medium size pieces
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp turmeric/kunyit powder
2 bay leaves
1 (abt 180g) red onion - slice
1 (abt 100g) tomato - slice
3 potatoes - remove skin and cut into chunks
4-5 sprigs curry leaves
1/4 cup oil
Salt for taste

Curry Paste (dry fry and blend/ground)
1/2 tbsp black pepper seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin/jintan putih seeds
1 tsp fennel/jintan manis seeds
6 to 7 dried red chillies (or as per taste)
1 cinnamon, 3 cloves and 1 star anise

Method
Mix mutton with ginger paste, garlic paste and turmeric powder.
Set aside
Heat oil and when heated, saute onion and bay leaves.

Tip in curry paste.
Fry and cook till aromatic and oil splits. 

Add mutton and tomato.
Stir, pour 1/2 liter of water and season with salt.
Stir again and simmer till mutton is half cooked.

Add potatoes and curry leaves.
Continue to simmer to cook mutton and potatoes.   

Remove from heat.