Pakistani Bhuna Gosht is a mutton preparation very popular in Pakistan. Mutton pieces slow cooked in whole spices and chopped onion, ginger garlic is later fried (bhuna) with lots of ghee and garnished with coriander. Pakistani Bhuna Gosht is one such succulent dish that is best enjoyed with Rumali Roti or Naan. The mutton pieces when cooked slowly with whole spices, leaves an aromatic flavor and extremely juicy mutton that makes you crave for more.
Normally Bhuna Gosht is prepared with minced onion, ginger and garlic, but here in this Pakistani version of Bhuna Gosht, the onions are fine sliced and whole garlic lobes with ginger juliennes are fried till the mutton is tender and turns into deep brown/chocolaty in color. This frying technique is known as ‘bhuna’ hence, termed as Bhuna Gosht. Let us now quickly proceed to check out the recipe …
Prep Time | 20 minutes |
Cook Time | 50 minutes |
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- Wash mutton nicely and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a large wok and add whole spices and let them crackle.
- Now add whole garlic pods and ginger slices and saute them till golden.
- Add sliced onions and fry till they are soft and translucent.
- Once the onions are soft, add washed mutton and mix well.
- Now add thick curd and salt and let it cook on high flames till curd starts leaving water from sides.
- As soon as the water starts appearing from sides, close the lid, simmer the gas and let it cook till mutton is soft and tender.
- When the mutton is cooked, add coriander powder, turmeric, red chili powder and mix together.
- Turn the flames high and start frying everything till oil starts leaving from sides.
- Keep adding ghee while frying.
- Once the ghee/oil starts oozing out from the sides , check salt again and adjust if required.
- Slowly the mutton will start to thicken and turn deep brown in color. Turn off the gas and garnish the Bhuna Gosht with lots of coriander.
- Serve hot with Rumali roti and raita.
If you liked this mutton delicacy, try making it at your own kitchen and drop in your valuable feedback in comments below. Thanks for stopping by!
Love : Shaheen
13 comments
Excellent mouthwatering recipe will try
Thanks dear Alka Mitra ☺
Welcome it was my pleasure
alka maitra
Awesome. I’ll try to cook it tomorrow, but please explain the size of cup or in weight measure
Thanks for stopping by Deepak. Well the correct measurements have been mentioned in the recipe. You can see an ‘adjust’ option in the recipe box so u can adjust it as per your requirements.
Thank you very much for your immediate response.
I will definitely try it and let you know the result.
Wonderful!
Shaheen… awesome recipe. I tried it yesterday and the results were amazing. Use of whole garlic pods is such a nice twist (although I slightly crushed the garlic, like once with the rolling pin) but lip smacking flavour. Thanks.
I am looking for a mutton recipe with thin gravy.. would you know one?
Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe. It was simply delicious. Wife loved it too:)
Amazing recipe! I tried this using beef instead of mutton, and it was fantastic! Will definitely do a mutton version soon. ☺️
Thank you so much.
Made this today n the dish was swiped off… Thank u so much Shaheen for yet another lip smacking recipe…!!!
thank you so much. Glad you like it 🙂