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“Red meat curry built to veil the gamy odour—Rajput royalty's hunting-ground dish, still fierce with chillies and garlic.”
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Laal maas (lit. "red meat") is a meat curry from Rajasthan, India. It was traditionally prepared by Rajput royalty during hunts. It is a mutton or game curry prepared in a sauce of yogurt and hot spices such as red Mathania chillies. This dish typically is very hot and rich in garlic. The gravy may be thick or liquid and is eaten with chapatis made out of wheat (usually eaten in summers) or bajra (a millet grown in Rajasthan and eaten in the winter months). Chef Bulai Swain said that: "Traditionally, laal maans was made with wild game meat (jungli maans), such as boar or deer and chillies were used to veil the gamy odour of the meat. It was a favourite among the royalties. While the spicy flavour is remained intact now, the meat used is tender mutton."
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Laal maas arrives as a declaration—red meat, hot spice, the unapologetic heat of Mathania chillies cutting through yogurt and garlic. Born in Rajput hunting camps, this Rajasthani mutton or game curry was built to mask wild flavors and demand respect on the palate. The gravy pools thick or loose depending on season and tradition, sopped up with wheat chapatis in summer or bajra flatbreads when winter grips the desert.
Order it here when it has
- traditionally prepared by royalty
- very hot and rich
- paired with regional breads
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