Mutton Stew with Potatoes

🥘 Mutton simmered with potatoes, onions and tomato in a gently spiced broth for a hearty one-pot meal.

Ingredients

• 🐑 900 g stewing mutton, cut into 4 cm pieces
• 🥔 700 g waxy potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 🧅 2 medium onions, chopped
• 🍅 2 ripe tomatoes, chopped (about 300 g)
• 🧄 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 🥕 2 medium carrots, cut into 3 cm pieces
• 🫗 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 🌿 1 teaspoon ground cumin and ½ teaspoon ground coriander
• 🧂 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 💧 700 ml hot water or low-salt stock
• 🌿 2 tablespoons chopped parsley or coriander, optional

Preparation

Pat the mutton dry. Heat oil in a heavy pot and brown the pieces in batches; set aside on a clean plate.

Add onions and cook for 6–8 min over medium heat. Stir in garlic, cumin, coriander and pepper for 30 seconds.

Add tomatoes and cook for 8 min, stirring until softened. Return the mutton, pour in 700 ml hot water or stock and add salt.

Bring to a gentle simmer, cover and cook on low for 1 h 10 min. Check the liquid every 25 min and add a little hot water if needed.

Add carrots and cook for 15 min. Then add potatoes, distributing them without crushing.

Cover and cook for another 25–35 min until the mutton is tender and the potatoes are easily pierced but intact. Continue in 10 min increments if needed.

Taste the broth, adjust seasoning and rest for 5 min off the heat. Scatter herbs over the stew and serve hot.