Bihari Prepare The Delicious Champaran Meat With These Easy Steps

Champaran Meat is spicy, rich, and fragrant dish, with mutton that has soaked in all the flavour of the spices and mustard oil.

Step 1

Prepare The Mustard Oil: Heat the mustard oil in a pan until it begins to smoke. Once smoke appears, turn off the flame and cool the oil to room temperature. After cooling, divide the oil and put 60% for marinating the mutton and the remaining for cooking the handi.

Step 2

Prepare The Handi: Using the remainder of 40% mustard oil, coat the inside base and sides of an earthen pot, or handi.

Step 3

Add Ingredients: Add powdered spices, whole spices, ginger garlic paste, green chillies, and onions into the handi. Mix everything thoroughly with the mutton marinated in the mustard oil.

Step 4

Seal The Handi: Place the lid over the handi and seal the edges with dough. Poke a tiny hole in the dough seal with a toothpick so the excess steam can escape during cooking.

Step 5

Cook On Low Heat: Place the handi on the stove, and cook the mutton on low heat for at least an hour.

Step 6

Shake Periodically: Every 15 minutes, carefully shake the handi to mix the contents. Always use a cloth to handle the hot handi during this process.

Step 7

Rest After Cooking: After one hour of slow cooking, remove the handi from the stove and let it depressurise naturally for about 10–15 minutes.

Step 8

Check And Final Cook (if needed): Open the lid carefully and check if the mutton is fully cooked and tender. If it’s not, simply reseal and cook again on low heat until done.

Step 9

Garnish And Serve: Once the mutton is cooked to perfection, garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with chapati or rice.