Goat Curry or Mutton Masala in the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. Tender meat cooked in an onion tomato gravy with aromatic whole spices. Enjoy this goat curry with naan or rice.
Goat meat is not as popular all over the world, but in India, it is the most popular red meat. If you are not able to find goat meat easily, you can substitute lamb in this recipe. I usually get goat meat at the nearby halal store to make Aloo Gosht, Mutton Pulao, or this easy mutton curry.
Goat meat is healthier than many other types of meat. It is lower in calories, cholesterol, and saturated fat and higher in protein and iron than lamb and beef.
I personally like the taste of goat meat (mutton) better than chicken or lamb. It is much more flavorful and juicy from my perspective. I also like to use minced goat meat to make mutton keema and keema biryani.
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How to make Goat Curry in a Pressure Cooker?
I make this goat curry in north Indian style. It is the most basic and simple mutton curry recipe. No marination is required. However, you can marinate if you like. Add all the ground spices, ginger, garlic, and 1/4 cup yogurt, and marinate the meat for 1-2 hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
Some people like to add potatoes to this curry to make it thicker, which is great. The same setting would work with cubed potatoes; just add about 1/4 cup of water before pressure cooking. I skip potatoes to make this curry low-carb.
Another thing to note is that I don’t add any water when making this curry. Goat meat releases a lot of water, so additional water is not required. It will come to pressure and cook perfectly. If you use another type of meat, add 1/4 cup of water.
More Curry Recipes You’ll Enjoy
- Ground Chicken Curry
- Chicken Chettinad
- Mom’s Chicken Curry
- Saag Chicken
- Chicken Karahi
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Instant Pot Goat Curry / Mutton Masala Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb Mutton, bone-in, 1-2 inch pieces
- 3 tablespoon Ghee or Oil
- 1 Green Chili Pepper, (optional)
- 1 Onion, large, about 11oz, finely chopped
- 1/2 tablespoon Ginger , minced
- 1/2 tablespoon Garlic , minced
- 1 Tomato , medium, chopped
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- Cilantro, to garnish
Whole Spices
- 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 6 Black Peppercorns
- 6 Cloves (Laung)
- 1 stick Cinnamon (Dalchini), 1″ inch
- 1 Bay leaf (Tej Patta)
- 2 Black Cardamom (Moti Elaichi)
Spices
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Turmeric (Haldi powder)
- 1 teaspoon Cayenne or Red chili powder, preferably kasmiri chili powder to get the red color
- 2 teaspoon Coriander powder (Dhaniya powder)
- 1 teaspoon Garam Masala
- 1 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Heat the instant pot in SAUTE mode and add oil to it. Add the whole spices and sauté for 30 seconds so they release the aroma.
- Add the chopped green chili, onions, ginger and garlic to the pot and sauté for 4 minutes until they turn golden. Keep stirring at regular intervals.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and spices. Mix and Sauté for another 2 minutes.
- Add the goat and mix it well with the gravy. Saute for about 5 minutes. Stir and scrape off anything stuck to the bottom of the pot. If needed, add 1/4 cup water to deglaze the pot. Press Cancel and close the lid.
- Change the instant pot setting to MEAT mode at high pressure for 30 minutes with venting in sealing position.
- When the instant pot beeps, let the pressure release naturally. Stir in the lemon juice.
- Garnish with cilantro and mutton curry is ready to serve.
Would it be ok to use boneless leg of lamb for this? I saw some other recipes for lamb curry or stews that specify lamb shoulder because of its higher fat content. But at the moment I can only find lamb leg. Can’t wait to try!
If using a spice pouch when would you add it.
Thanks and regards.
Hi Mark – Add the spice pouch when adding the meat to the instant pot. I hope you enjoy the curry!
Thank you.
How do we increase the quantity of gravy if we want it soupy?
Hi Sam – You can add more onions and tomatoes to make more gravy, and also a little extra liquid, depending on how soupy you want the curry.
Hi Meeta
I went with your 30 min to cook in instant pot with the steam vent closed and my mutton had completely disintegrated! How does one gauge how much time to cook in instant pot?
Hi Viraja – sorry to hear that the mutton got overcooked. Typically, it does take me 30 minutes to cook the mutton. But maybe next time start with 20 minutes and add more time if needed after checking.
Made this tonight and I upped the heat level, it’s a great recipe and one I’ll be cooking again and again.
Thank you.
Hi Mark – Happy to hear you enjoyed the curry!
Have you tried slow cooking in instapot and how has been your experience. I have yet to use it as slow cooker. Steam sauté rice chilli beans all work fantastic. Usually don’t use presets use manual. Your recipes are very interesting and would like to know experience cooking slow in it ??
Cheers
Hi Preethi – I usually do pressure cooking, and then if some dish will benefit from the slow cooking, I will use that for 30 minutes to an hour. e.g.. Dal makhani.