Piralan (also commonly spelt Peralan, Peralan, or Perattu) is a traditional Kerala-style dry roast dish — a semi-dry or fully dry non-vegetarian preparation. A very spicy dish, meat (or sometimes fish) is slow-cooked or roasted in a thick, intensely spiced masala until the gravy reduces completely, coating the pieces in a flavorful, masala-heavy layer. Piralan is a trademark Kerala side dish, used for all occasions. Chicken and mutton piralan are the most common derivatives. Sometimes, tubers like potatoes and koorka (Chinese potatoes) are diced and added to this recipe. Also read: Authentic Mutton Piralan Recipe (without adding potatoes).

Mutton Dry Fry with Potatoes

Ingredients for Mutton Piralan (Mutton Dry Fry) with Potatoes:

  1. Mutton – 1 kg, cut into pieces
  2. Coriander powder – 1.5 big spoons
    Chilli powder – 1 small spoon
    Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon
  3. Oil – 2 big spoons
  4. Mustard – 1 small spoon
  5. Onions sliced thin – ½ cup
    Garlic – 14 cloves
    Ginger chopped – 2 small spoons
    Green chillies – 4, end split
    Curry leaves – A handful
  6. Vinegar – 1 big spoon
    Salt – For taste
  7. Potatoes – 3, cut into cubes
  8. Coconut milk 1st extract – ½ cup
    Coconut milk 2nd extract – 2 cups

How to prepare Mutton Piralan (Mutton Dry Fry) with Potatoes?

  1. Clean and cut the mutton into pieces.
  2. Add a little water to ingredients no: 2 and make a paste.
  3. Heat oil and sputter mustard seeds.
  4. Sauté ingredients no: 5.
  5. Add the masala paste to it and fry it well.
  6. Add mutton, vinegar and salt, and sauté for 5 minutes.
  7. Add 2nd extract of coconut milk and cook the mutton in a pressure cooker.
  8. When the mutton is well-cooked, add potato cubes and cook again.
  9. When it’s done, add 1st extract of coconut milk and cook again till the gravy thickens.
  10. Take off from flame.
  11. Fry the remaining potato pieces (from 1 potato) and decorate your curry.
  12. Serve hot.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine August 15-31, 2016

A few more mutton side dish recipes. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read. 

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