Jungli Maas is a delicious spicy mutton recipe from Rajasthan usually cooked in the jungle while on hunting. As Jungli Maas recipe required very few ingredients so it is perfect non vegetarian recipe to cook in outdoors or while hunting birds or animals. Jungli Maas got its flavour with dried red chillies, salt and ghee. You can also add garlic to enhance the flavour of the dish. The hero of the recipe is Meat so let it shine without adding any fancy ingredients or spices.
Ingredients
• Mutton or Goat meat (with bone)- 1 kilograms
• Garlic cloves- 8 to 10
• Dried red chillies- 15 to 20 or to taste
• Ghee or Clarified Butter- ½ cup
• Salt- to taste
Method
• Cut the mutton pieces in equal size.
• Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan, add meat and fry it for about 10 to 12 minutes.
• Add whole red chillies, salt and garlic cloves.
• Cover the pan and cook on a low flame.
• Add little water make sure the water should never dry up completely else the meat will fry and become dry but too much water can boil the meat. So add 4 to 5 tablespoons of water every time when it starts drying.
• Cook for an hour or two till the mutton become tender and start leaving the bone. Cooking time will depend on the size of the mutton pieces.
• Serve hot Jungli Maas with rice or roti. To cut down the spiciness serve cool cucumber raita with food.