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Gushtaba Recipe
How to make Gushtaba
About Gushtaba Recipe: Gushtaba is a traditional Kashmiri curry of spicy meatballs cooked in a yogurt gravy. A delicious dinner option in winter season or when you have a party at home.
- Total Cook Time1 hr 15 mins
- Prep Time 15 mins
- Cook Time1 hr
- Recipe Servings4
- Intermediate
Ingredients of Gushtaba
- 1 Kg Boneless meat (from the leg of the lamb)
- 1 Cup Meat fat
- 1 Cup Mustard oil
- 2 Cups Milk
- 1 Cup Curd
- 6 Cups Water
- 5 Pieces Green cardamom
- 2 Bay leaves
- 2 Cloves
- 3 Brown cardamom
- 1 Large Cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp Ginger powder
- 3 tsp Fennel powder
- 2 tsp Dried mint
- 1 tsp Asafoetida
- To taste Salt
How to Make Gushtaba
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Pound the boneless meat on a smooth stone with a wooden mallet. Add the meat fat and pound it well.
2.
Add brown cardamom powder, ginger powder and salt, keep on pounding till you get the smooth pulp out of it.
3.
Make round balls 2 to 3 inches in diameter and leave aside.
4.
Keep them separate from each other.
5.
Heat oil in a large vessel add a little salt and asafoetida to it.
6.
Beat curd in a jug, add to the oil and keep on stirring till it really mixes well.
7.
Add water and rest of the whole and powdered spices and milk together and bring the gravy to boil.
8.
Add meat balls one by one to the boiling gravy.
9.
Cook for one hour on medium flame, & simmer for about 15 minutes .
10.
Sprinkle with mint and serve with boiled rice.
Recipe Notes
The meat for this delicious dish should be as fresh as possible. Traditionally it has to be beaten with a wooden mallet on a smooth surfaced stone. Meat fat is added to it while pounding.