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Lucknowi Gosht Korma

Nov-28-2015
Farrukh Shadab
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Prep Time
45 minutes
Cook Time
6 People
Serves
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ABOUT Lucknowi Gosht Korma RECIPE

Lucknowi Gosht Korma is a fragrant royal preparation of Goat meat flavoured with spices, nuts and aromatic essences like saffron and kewda (screw pine). Kebabs, kormas, biryanis are a section of lavish Awadhi cuisine since Mughal era, Kormas are basically a meat or chicken braised with spices, some nuts, browned onions and yogurt. They are mostly a mild preparation making a use of Kashmiri red chilies to get rich red colour but gentle on palette.Yogurt gives beautiful velvety base, ground brown onions gives texture and gentle spices with nuts gives richness to this exceptional korma.

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • Awadhi
  • Side Dishes

Ingredients Serving: 6

  1. 1.5 kgs goat meat (mutton on bone) cut in pieces.
  2. 4 large onions finely sliced
  3. 400 gms yogurt whisked well
  4. 1 tbsp coriander powder
  5. 1 tbsp kashmiri red chili powder
  6. Few drops of Kewda essence
  7. A pinch of saffron soaked in 3 tablespoon of warm milk
  8. 4 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste
  9. 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
  10. 1/4 tsp mace powder
  11. 5 tbsp oil
  12. 5 tbsp ghee
  13. Dry Roast together:
  14. 1&1/2 inch cinnamon stick
  15. 6-7 green cardamom
  16. 6-7 cloves
  17. 8 black peppercorn
  18. 1 tsp poppy seeds
  19. 10-12 cashew nuts
  20. 2 black cardamom

Instructions

  1. In a heavy bottom pan or handi, heat ghee and oil. Add finely sliced onion and fry until golden brown and crisp.Do not over brown them as it might give the bitter to korma.
  2. In a blender, add all the dry roasted ingredients and brown onions, blend it to make a smooth paste. Set it aside.
  3. In the same handi with remaining ghee-oil mixture, add mutton pieces and fry until they are fried to nice golden brown.
  4. Once done, take the mutton pieces out and reserve. Now, add ginger garlic paste in the same handi and fry well for 2-3 minutes. Add ground masala-onion paste, coriander powder and red chili powder, mix well.
  5. Add whisked yogurt and stir until well blended. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until oil starts oozing out. Add fried mutton pieces, salt and little water. Cover and cook until mutton is just tender. Add saffron milk, kewda essence and mix.
  6. Adjust the consistency of korma if you need to increase the gravy and check for salt. Lastly, sprinkle Mace and nutmeg powder, and give a gentle mix.
  7. Fragrant delicious Lucknow Gosht Korma is ready to be served, Garnish with some coriander leaves (optional) and serve hot with Nan/sheermal/paratha or Pulao of your choice.

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Vineeta Ezra
Jul-21-2017
Vineeta Ezra   Jul-21-2017

Awesome real taste of lucknow :thumbsup:

RUBINA KAPADIYA
Jun-12-2016
RUBINA KAPADIYA   Jun-12-2016

i have made it,its owsme in test,thanks

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