Bhuna Gosht or Mutton Bhuna is a traditional Indian Mutton recipe usually made with goat’s mutton. To make this dish, mutton is cooked with a blend of different spices which adds to the richness of the curry. Here is how to make Bhuna Gosht or Mutton Bhuna Recipe.
The dish is cooked till all the juices of mutton are released and mixed with the spices to give a slightly dry velvety gravy. Like Shalgam Gosht, Bhuna Gosht can be eaten along with any flatbread such as Naan or Parathas.
In Hindi, the word, ‘Bhuna’ means brown. In Bhuna Gosht, the spices are turned brown first in a pan or kadhai and only then the remaining ingredients are added to it. It is cooked till the spices form a coat around the gosht and mingle with the meat. When you dig it in with an Indian flatbread, the magic starts!
If you are hosting a Daawat or a grand lunch, then this Mutton Bhuna totally has to be on the menu. Bhuna Gosht is such a dish that it would leave a lasting impression on everyone’s mind and they would love you more for serving them something so authentic and satiating! Following is its recipe, read on!
How to make Bhuna Gosht Step by Step
Heat mustard oil in a pressure cooker. When it is hot, add crushed cloves, black peppercorns, black cardamom, green cardamom, bay leaf, jawitri and cinnamon and fry for a few seconds.
Add onions and green chillies and fry until they turn slightly brown.
Add ginger and garlic and fry till onions turn golden brown.
Now add mutton and cook on high heat for 3-4 minutes.
Add 1/2 cup water and salt to taste to the cooker.
Put on the lid of the pressure cooker and cook till mutton is almost done. Remove the cooker from heat and let it cool. Remove the lid of the pressure cooker.
Add curd, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and fried onion in the mutton.
Cover with a regular lid and cook on low flame till oil separates and masala is nicely browned.
Add garam masala powder and fresh coriander and mix well.
Bhuna Gosht Recipe
Bhuna Gosht
Bhuna Gosht or Mutton Bhuna is a rich and very flavorful curry where Mutton is cooked under low heat with various spices.
Ingredients
- 600 g Mutton With bones
- 4 tbsp Mustard oil
- 4-5 Clove
- 5-6 Black peppercorns
- 3-4 Black cardamom
- 3-4 Green cardamom
- 2 Bay leaf
- 1 piece Javitri
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 2 cups Onion Thinly sliced
- 1 inch Ginge Grated
- 10-12 cloves Garlic Crushed
- 2 Green chilli Slit into halves
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 cup Curd
- 2 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
- 2 tbsp Fresh coriander Chopped
Instructions
Heat mustard oil in a pressure cooker.
When it is hot, add crushed cloves, black peppercorns, black cardamom, green cardamom, bay leaf, jawitri and cinnamon and fry for a few seconds.
Add onions and green chillies and fry until they turn slightly brown.
Add ginger and garlic and fry till onions turn golden brown.
Now add mutton and cook on high heat for 3-4 minutes.
Add 1/2 cup water and salt to taste to the cooker.
Put on the lid of the pressure cooker and cook till mutton is almost done.
Remove the cooker from heat and let it cool.
Remove the lid of the pressure cooker.
Add curd, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and fried onion in the mutton.
Cover with a regular lid and cook on low flame till oil separates and masala is nicely browned.
Add garam masala powder and fresh coriander and mix well.
- Serve hot with phulke or naan.
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Divya Shivaraman
October 2, 2013 at 4:00 pmfab mutton curry…cannot wait to dip my naan in that treat
nafisa
May 3, 2019 at 8:49 amLooks nice. i m trying it now. will let you know how it turns up
Neha Mathur
May 6, 2019 at 2:57 amSure. Would love your feedback.