• Nalli Nihari Recipe

  Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hr
• Total Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Nihari is a slow-cooked mutton curry. The word Nihar originates from the Arabic word 'Nahar' which means 'day'. It was served to the kings after the morning prayers.

Ingredients Of Nalli Nihari

• 1 cup baby lamb with bones
• 1 tsp mace
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 pods green cardamom
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 pod black cardamom
• 2 tsp fresh garlic
• 1 tsp fresh ginger
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 Tbsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp yellow chilli powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 Tbsp fried onions
• 1/2 cup curd
• Salt to taste
• 1 Tbsp ghee
• 1 cup lamb stock
• 1 tsp gram Flour (besan)
• Kewda water
• 1 tsp screw pine essence

How to Make Nalli Nihari

• 1.In a heavy bottomed pot boil lamb and remove the unwanted parts.
• 2.In a hot pan, add some ghee, whole garam masala and ginger garlic paste; stir till the paste is cooked. Add some fried onions.
• 3.Put turmeric powder, cumin powder, yellow chilli powder and coriander powder.
• 4.Saute with the boiled lamb. Add lamb stock to it and let it cook for sometime till the lamb gets tender.
• 5.Add nicely whisked curd and add diluted gram flour to the gravy. Season with salt.