Nawabi Mutton Paya Stew#SoupSwappers

Nawabi Mutton Paya Stew is a Keto/Low Carb recipe cooked in creamy nutty gravy to tantalize your taste buds. A very unique recipe to try on your weekends. This is a famous Hyderabadi stew recipe made using mutton/lamb trotters and cooked along with a paste of roasted nuts. This is a super delicious and creamy stew, try it and you will love it!

Serves 7 - 8
Ingredients
To Cook The Paya
6 Mutton Paya/ Lamb trotters
1 Teaspoon Turmeric powder
1 Teaspoon Ginger Garlic paste
1 Teaspoon Salt
2 Cups Water
For The Gravy / Stew
To Fry & Grind To Fine Paste
1 Medium Onion - sliced
30 Whole Cashewnuts
40 Whole Almonds
20 Whole Pistachios
6 Green Chillies
2 Teaspoon Desi Ghee
3/4 Cup Yogurt
Other Ingredients
2 Tablespoons Desi Ghee
½ Teaspoon Shahajeera/Caraway seeds
½ Teaspoon Whole Gree Cardamoms
3 Sticks Cinnamon
2 Cloves
½ Teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns
1 Tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
½ Cup Fresh Cream
½ Teaspoon Garam Masala powder
½ Teaspoon Teaspoon White or Black Pepper powder
Chopped Coriander Leaves to garnish

Method

Rub the paya well with whole wheat flour, rubbing the flour on the skin to remove any hair. Then wash them well in clean in running water 3 - 4 times.
Add the paya to a pressure cooker along with turmeric powder, salt, ginger garlic paste, water, take one whistle on high flame , lower the flame and keep on 25 - 30 minutes or till the trotters turn 90% tender. Once cooked keep aside.

In another pan heat ghee sauté the onions, cashew nuts, almonds, pistachios peeled, green chilies till the onion are translucent, taking care not to brown them or else it will change the color of the stew. Once cooled grind this with the yogurt to a fine paste. Keep this aside. 

In same pan add 2 tablespoons ghee to it add all the whole spices like shahajeera, cardamom, cinnamon sticks, cloves and black peppercorns, sauté for a second. Add ginger garlic paste, sauté till raw smell disappears. Now add the ground paste and sauté till raw smell of nuts disappear. Add the cooked trotters and all the stock cpook for 3 -4 minutes. Then add a cup of water ( or according to the gravy consistency) and salt to taste. Cook till trotters turn tender. When trotters turn tender then open lid and add chopped coriander leaves, fresh cream, garam masala powder and pepper powder mix it wel and cook under low flame covered for 5 minutes, stirring in between.

Nawabi Mutton Paya Stew is ready to serve.

Enjoy it along with pulkas or paratha or rice.
Labels: Stew, Paya, Trotters, Mutton, Soup Swappers, Fresh Cream, Hyderabad, Keto, Low Carb, Healthy, Main course, Indian

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