They say the smaller the Goat tastier the curry about Kochi Pathar Jhol 🙂 This probably is the reason the famous runny Goat meat curry from Bengal is known as Kochi Pathar Jhol! Kochi means “Small” and Patha is depicted as “Goat”.

Sunday Mutton Curry
This runny and flavorful mutton curry requires no introduction at all especially to the Bengalis! Call the runny Mutton Curry with big potato chunks by any name, Kochi Pathar Jhol or Mangshor Jhol or the Bengali Mutton Curry or Aloo diye Khasir Mangsher Jhol is comfort food to the Bongs! We love to have it as part of our lethargic Sunday Lunch along with plain rice. 😆 . We discuss politics cricket to Bollywood over our plate full of rice and bowl full of Mangshor Jhol. Now especially for the Mangsher Jhol, we prefer smaller goats or Kochi Patha and hence the name Kochi Pathar Jhol.
Kochi Pathar Jhol - Tips
This curry requires lean meat, given we treat it as a comfort dish. I don't use Mutton with fat to make my Sunday special Mangshor Jhol.
Is there a signature recipe available for Kochi Pathar Jhol?
Almost every Bengali family has its own signature recipe of Pathar Mangsher Jhol and my family is not an exception. The best part is we all believe that no one can make better Kochi Pathar Jhol than our respective mothers ! I still remember my memories of Sunday lunch; We used to have this Jhol almost every Sunday.
We had a 20 membered family including house helps and at that time our family budget allowed us to purchase 1 kg mutton for the entire family which means 1 or a maximum of 2 pieces per member and that 1 or 2 pieces were supported by 2 big chunks of potatoes. Resources were limited but not the taste! That Big chunk of potato was tastier than the mutton to me and to date, I just can't imagine Pathar Mangsher Jhol without Potatoes!
Bengali Runny Mutton Curry
Mehebub is a great fan of this runny Mutton curry especially prepared by his Mother-in-Law and almost every Sunday he tries to convince me to make it (with a special request to follow the typical recipe of my Mother). However considering our increasing weight and the day-by-day increasing trend of it 😆 , I feel it's better to avoid Red meat as much as possible 😛 . I just have limited our mutton consumption to once a month, at least the homemade ones.
PrintKochi Pathar Jhol
Kochi Pathar Jhol or Runny Mutton Curry is a signature Bengali-style Mutton curry cooked with limited spices and baby goat meat sans fat.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 6 People 1x
- Category: Mutton
- Method: cooking
- Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients
- 750g Mutton (medium pieces)
- 4 Potato
- 2 Onion
- 1 Tbsp. Ginger Paste
- 1 Tbsp. Garlic Paste
- 2 Tomato
- 100g Curd
- 1 Tsp. Bengali Garam Masala
- 1 Tsp. Jeera /Cumin Powder
- 1 Tsp. Dhane/ Dhania / Coriander powder
- 1 Tsp. Turmeric Powder
- 2 Dried red chilies
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1 Tbsp. Sugar
- 2 Tsp. Red Chili Powder
- 4 Tbsp. Mustard Oil
Instructions
- Wash and pat dry Mutton pieces.
- Prepare a marinade with half of the turmeric powder, red chili powder, ginger-garlic paste, and curd.
- Add mutton pieces to the marinade and leave it for 1.5 hours.
- I prefer to marinate mutton overnight.
- Peel the skin of the potatoes and cut them into halves.
- Roughly chop the onions.
- Make a paste of the tomatoes or you can chop those.
- Hit oil in a deep pan and fry potatoes till those turn golden yellow (not fully done) and keep them aside.
- In the same oil add bay leaf, dried red chili, chopped onions, and sugar. Sauté till onions turn light brown.
- Add remaining ginger-garlic paste, salt, red chili powder, Garam masala powder, Cumin Powder, and Coriander powder.
- Now add chopped/ pureed tomatoes to the mixture and cook for 5-7 minutes in medium flame till the oil separates out from the mixture.
- Add marinated mutton to the mixture.
- Cook for at least 5-7 minutes on medium flame.
- Now transfer the Mutton to a pressure cooker and add fried potatoes.
- Add sufficient hot water to the mixture and pressure cook on medium flame (at least 5-7 whistles required).
- Open the lid of the Pressure Cooker after the pressure drops completely.
- Kochi Pathar Jhol is now ready to serve. You can serve it with plain rice.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 150g
- Calories: 477
- Sugar: 6.3g
- Sodium: 127mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 5.6g
- Carbohydrates: 29.5g
- Fiber: 4.2g
- Protein: 39.5g
- Cholesterol: 116mg
Keywords: kochi pathar jhol recipe, baby goat meat curry recipe, debjanir rannaghar, mangshor jhol recipe, mutton curry recipe, goat meat curry recipe
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Cbr says
am glad you liked it. @The Knife, it had been a while since I had made this. P loves it with alu in it.@Kaku, if you are down to Malviya Nagar Market, get the goat meat from there. I will email you the address. My dad in law get it from there, its prbaobly the best goat meat I have had. @Pinku, and a good nap after that!
Lucy says
Hello I was wondering is curd the same as 'natural yogurt' which is plain unsweetened yogurt? Also is it ok to use 100% pure mustard seed oil or will it be too strong flavoured? Thanks.
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Debjani says
Hi Lucy,
Curd is the natural yogurt with no added flavor! Coming to Mustard Oil, in Bengali cuisine we prefer to use Mustard Oil and the strong aroma signifies the typicality :). Here goes a link of Indian mustard oil I found in Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Dabur-Mustard-Oil-16-9Oz/dp/B003K2NH4Q
Lucy says
Also it is hard to find goat mutton here in UK. Can I use sheep mutton instead or will it taste wrong? Thanks.
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Debjani says
Sheep Meat will work perfect!
Shalini says
Tried out your recipe today. Absolutely perfect. Exactly like the mangshor jhol from back home. Thank you!
Subhabrata Roy-Sengupta and says
Reminds me of the kochi pathar jhol my dad used to cook. Thak you for the recipe. Tried and absolutely loved it ma'am.
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