Khatta Meat

Sour mutton curry — bone-in mutton slow-cooked in a mustard oil-based gravy with whole spices and a generous quantity of khatai (dried raw mango) or amchur that gradually dissolves into the gravy, giving the curry an unmistakable fruity tartness. Unlike the tomato-sour meat curries of the plains, the sourness here is entirely from dried mango, producing a pale-brown, complex gravy with more character than red chilli-forward curries. The Dogri community's signature non-vegetarian dish.