Mamta's Kitchen - A Family Cookbook
Recipe for Mansa Kassa
Hi Mamta
I referred to the keema recipe on your website, and it came out very tasty. My husband never ate keema before, and he really loved it.
I am looking for Oriya/Bengali recipe for dry chicken. I think it is made with mutton and is called "mansa kassa". Can you please post it on your website when you get a chance.
Thank you :)
Sorry Neha, I don't have this recipe.
I am glad your husband liked the keema :-)!
Mamta
Are you saying its a combination of chicken and mutton?.. is the mutton minced?.. like minced lamb/mutton curry with chunks of chicken in it?
Steve
No, the original recipe is for mutton. Its like dry mutton curry, fried a lot to take the water out. I think it can be replaced with chicken.
try Lamb Do Pyaza Neha. It might be what you are looking for!
Mamta
Are yopu sure you have the name right? This sounds like the name of a place or person!
Mutton Kassa (Mutton in thick gravy)
Ingredients:
1 Kg mutton, cut into medium sized pieces
500 gm chopped onion
100 gm ginger paste
100 gm garlic paste
4 bay leaves
2 green chilies
6 tea spoonful red chili powder
6 tea spoonful turmeric powder
2 medium sized tomatoes (chopped)
100 gm yogurt
250 gm mustard oil
1 spoonful garam masala
Preparation:
Marinate the mutton pieces in whole amount of yogurt, salt, and a little amount of mustard oil for at least one hour. Never use turmeric at this stage otherwise the mutton will remain uncooked.
Heat the oil in a pan and add green chilies, bay leaves and the chopped onion and fry in low flame.
When the onions become soft and light golden in color, add ginger garlic paste with a pinch of salt.
Prepare a paste beforehand mixing the whole amount of turmeric and red chili powder with water and add it just after adding ginger garlic paste, otherwise the ginger will be overcooked and bitter.
Cook the mixture for 5 min in low flame.
Add the mutton and salt (according to taste). Cook it in low flame until the mutton becomes soft.
Add the chopped tomato and a spoonful garam masala and cook it in high flame
When the mixture becomes dry, add a cup of water with a pinch of salt
Cook for 5 min in high flame (if you like you can add a pinch of sugar)
Mutton Kassa is prepared now! You can enjoy it with plain rice or roti or paratha. It is advisable to take raita with mutton kassa, because like chicken kassa, it is a spicy dish and raita will sooth your palate and will help in digestion.