Mum's Saturday Goat Curry

Growing up in Pokhara Nepal.

Saturday is only weekly day off in our national calender. We take and treat special day for Saturday and mainly lunch. We normally used to have late lunch, just before weekly movies time in our one and only national television.

I'm trying to replicate Goat Curry recipe from my Mum . My maternal family from Burma. They are more foodie than rest of Nepalese, cuisine and varieties are bit broad it must be from their traveling experience.

Rest of week mostly we use to have vegetarian meal. Daal, mostly changing everyday. Bhat, all the time same. Tarkari, it's mostly seasonal and Achar mostly seasonal too.

Ingredients

• 1000 gm Goat meat cut into small pieces about 2.5 cm 
• 45 ml / 3 tbsp Ghee
• 1 teaspoon Methi (Fenugreek) seeds
• 70 gm / 1 Onion
• Make oil hot in medium heat karahi , sputter fenugreek seeds when it turn golden brown add onion and fry until it turn golden brown then add meat and fry until fully caramelise and brown stir occasionally ( this is very important stage, my mum used to called “Padkaune”, basically this sautéing.

Basically she is using Braising cooking technique"

Add

• 2.5 gm / 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Besar)

 Grind the following spice together first dry and later with little water to make paste.

• 8 gm / 4 tsp Cumin whole
• 4 gm / 1 Red Chilli Whole
• 1 gm / green chilli Whole
• 10 gm / 1 whole Nutmeg ( Jaiphal )
• 3 gm / 1 tsp Black Pepper Whole ( Marich )
• 4 gm / 4 Cloves (Laung)
• 36gm / 6 Garlic Cloves
• 18 gm / 2 inch Ginger
• 4 gm / 4 Green Cardamom Pod
• 4gm / 1 Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
• 3gm  Nepalese Bay Leaves (Tej Patta) more aromatic and it longer in size

Add this masala paste and cook more stir frequently until it incorporates with meat and masala fully cook.

Add

• 120 gm / 2 Tomatoes fine chopped

Cook until tomato to melt

• 20 gm / 4 tsp – Salt 

Add salt then

• Water - 1000 ml

Cook in medium heat until meat is soft and shiny layer comes on top.

Granish

Roughly chopped coriander just before serving. Enjoy Jhol Khasi ko Masu with Steam Rice.