Gushtaba is a traditional Kashmiri recipe with the preparation of creamy and delicious curd gravy and mutton meatballs added into it to make a delightful combination of meat and yogurt. It is healthy, it is delicious, and it is easy!
This dish is quite simple to make and you don’t have to prepare a lot for the dish as you can make it very easily with ingredients available in your home. The main thing about this dish is its flavors. This dish will bring you all the Kashmiri flavors and blend it into a perfect and traditional dish you’ll surely love to eat!
Delicious Kashmiri Dish Gushtaba
Quick stats:
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cooking time: 1 hour
- Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of boneless meat, from the leg of the lamb
- 1 cup of meat fat
- 1 cup of mustard oil
- 2 cups of milk
- 1 cup of curd
- 6 cups of water
- 5 pieces of green cardamom
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cloves
- 3 brown cardamom
- 1 large cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon of ginger powder
- 3 teaspoons of fennel powder
- 2 teaspoons of dried mint
- 1 teaspoon of asafetida
- Salt, to taste
Method to Prepare:
- Pound the meat on a smooth stone with a wooden mallet and add meat fat and pound it well again. This is the most important step of the dish.
- Add brown cardamom powder, ginger powder, and salt to the meat. Pound till you get a smooth pulp out of it.
- Make meatballs out of it and set it aside in a bowl.
- Heat oil in a large vessel and add salt and asafetida in it to give it the first stroke of flavor.
- Get a jug and beat curd in it. Now, add oil in it and keep on stirring until it is really well mixed.
- Now, add water and remaining powder spices to give it the much-required flavor and lastly add milk and bring this gravy to boil.
- Now, it is time to add meatball into the gravy. Add meatballs one by one.
- Cook for 45 minutes on medium heat and then simmer it for the next 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle it with dried mint to give it a refreshing flavor and serve it to the table.
Final words:
Gushtaba Recipe is full of flavors and deliciousness as you can smell the spices running through the dish. You can serve it with rice as it is done in Kashmir but you can make Naan or Garlic Naan, give it your touch, and enjoy this flavorful; dish more with your family!
