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Namkeen Gosht

🇮🇳 Indian

Namkeen gosht, salt-meat-ginger simplicity from the Marwar kitchen. The festival-pot format: big flavours for many hands. Best with ghee rice and a sharp onion-lemon salad.

Prep 20 min Cook 67 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

  • Yogurt1/2 cup, whisked
  • Ginger Garlic Paste2 tbsp
  • Garam Masala1 tsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Onion3, thinly sliced
  • Tomato2, chopped
  • Ginger2-inch piece
  • Green Chili2
  • Ghee3 tbsp
  • Coriander Powder2 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder1 tsp
  • Whole Garam Masala Spices2 tsp
  • Bay Leaf2
  • Mutton500 g, on the bone
  • Red Chili Powder2 tsp
  • Mustard Oil3 tbsp

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

  1. 1

    Rub the mutton with yogurt, paste, spices and the ginger; cover and let it sit overnight if you can.

  2. 2

    Get the oil properly hot, drop in bay, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves, and wait for the perfume.

  3. 3

    Fry the onions till deep brown — properly brown, ten to twelve minutes; this sweetness carries the curry.

  4. 4

    Turn the mutton and its marinade into the pot and sear hard, then pour in hot water and scrape the base.

  5. 5

    Cover and cook low and slow — 60 to 90 minutes or till the meat yields to a spoon — then reduce the gravy, finish with garam masala and cilantro.

Chef's tip

A pressure cooker saves an hour; the flavour lives in the bhunao.

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