Wash the mutton thoroughly.
Heat oil in a pressure cooker, put jeera, tejpatta, and dried red chilly.
When the jeera begins to splutter, add garam masala, onion and saute for sometime over medium flame for 2 minutes.
Add ginger garlic paste and saute everything for 2 minutes.
Add powdered masalas (except garam masala powder), mutton, salt. Saute for 3 minutes.
Cover the pressure cooker lightly with a lid, and let the mutton cook for 5 minutes on medium flame.
Open the vessel, saute and put boiling water, garam masala powder, papaya, poppy seeds paste plus 1tbsp desi ghee.
Cover the pressure cooker with its lid.
Allow to pressure cook 12 minutes after the first whistle on medium flame.
Let the pressure cooker cool on its own and then open it.
Garam masala:
Cloves- 4
Bari ilaayachi - 1
Chhotee ilaayachi - 2
Daalchini (cinnamon ) - 1 inch thin strip
Onion - 2 medium size
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 heaped tbsp
Chopped dhania patta - 1 tbsp.
Poppy seeds paste- 1 tbsp.
Powdered masala:
Haldi powder- 1 tsp
Jeera powder- 1 tsp
Dhania powder- 1 tsp
Red Chilly powder- 1tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Tandoori masala powder - 1 tsp (optional)
Salt - to taste
Raw papaya - 1 inch piece (optional: for quick tendering of mutton)
Boiling Water - 750 ml
Desi ghee- 1 tbsp