Parsi Salli Boti Recipe

Shaheen Ali

October 23, 2024

5540 Ratings

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 1h 0m|Total: 1h 10min

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Lunch

Cuisine:Parsi Recipes

Parsi Salli Boti is a quintessential mutton dish that comes from Parsi cuisine and is typically served with crispy potato fries. Salli Boti is a semi dry spicy mutton curry that is slow cooked with various spices and gets the hot flavour and often teamed up with plain steamed rice. Served in every special occasion, Salli Boti is common favourite mutton dish in the community and outside as well.

Serve Parsi Salli Boti along with Whole Wheat Lachha Paratha and Steamed Rice for a weekend lunch or dinner.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Mutton recipes such as

Serve Parsi Salli Boti along with Whole Wheat Lachha Paratha and Steamed Rice for a weekend lunch or dinner.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Mutton recipes such as

Ingredients

For ground spice mix

800 Mutton

2 Onions, finely chopped

2 Tomatoes, pureed

2 Garlic, paste

2 Ginger, paste

4 Green Chillies, (adjustable)

1/2 Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)

2 Coriander Powder (Dhania)

1/2 Turmeric powder (Haldi)

2 Red Chilli powder

2 Bay leaf (tej patta)

Salt, as required

Oil, as required

4 Black pepper powder

4 Cloves (Laung)

3 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds

1/2 Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)

1/2 Mace (Javitri)

1/2 Ajwain (Carom seeds)

For garnish

2 Coriander (Dhania) Leaves, chopped

1 Potato (Aloo), fries

Instructions for Parsi Salli Boti Recipe

To begin making the Parsi Salli Boti recipe, wash mutton pieces nicely under running water, strain and keep aside in a mixing bowl.

Add yogurt/curd along with ginger garlic paste, coriander powder, red chilli powder and turmeric. Season with salt and mix well.

Add the curd mix to the mutton pieces and mix well such that everything incorporates well.

Cover the marinade with a cling wrap and keep the bowl in the refrigerator for around 30 to 40 minutes.

Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan or wok and add bay leaf. Now add chopped onions and saute till they are golden in colour.

Add in the chopped tomatoes and mix well. Cook till the tomatoes soften and turn mushy.

Take the mutton marinade and add in to the wok and ground spice mix. Stir well and fry till the texture becomes a little watery.

Adjust salt if needed and also add more oil if required.

Close the lid of the allow the mutton to cook in medium to low flames till it softens. This might take an hour or so.

Once the mutton is cooked, turn the flames high and fry nicely till oil starts leaving the sides.

Adjust the consistency of the gravy to semi liquid and give a boil again.

Turn off the heat and garnish with plenty of potato fried and coriander. Serve Parsi Salli Boti along with Whole Wheat Lachha Paratha and Steamed Rice for a weekend lunch or dinner.