Mutton Nihari - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 kg mutton (preferably shank portion, cut into 8-10 pieces)
4 tablespoons ghee
2 medium onions, finely sliced
1 teaspoon ginger paste
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
2 teaspoons coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
3 tablespoons wheat flour
2 tablespoons garam masala (readily available in Indian or Pakistani stores)
1 inch ginger, cut into this strips
3 fresh coriander leaves
1 tablespoon lime juice

Preparation

Heat Ghee (you can use oil as well but ghee makes it tastier) in a deep bottom stock pot. Once the ghee is hot, add the sliced onions and fry till they start to turn brown.
Add mutton pieces, ginger paste, garlic paste, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well to coat the mutton in ghee and spices. Saute for 5 minutes.
Add the garam masala and 8 cups of water. Mix well, cover and cook on very low heat for about 4 hours until the meat is tender. Keep checking in between. The way to know that the meat is cooked is when it breaks easily with a wooden spoon.
Dissolve wheat flour in half cup of water such that there are no lumps. Slowly add it to the gravy. Stir to mix it well in the gravy and let it simmer for another 10-15 mins till the gravy thickens.
Sprinkle some lime juice and garnish with ginger strips and fresh coriander leaves. Serve hot.