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Pakistani Palak Gosht

Pakistani Palak Gosht is mutton wrapped together in a spinach-and-tomato-based gravy mixed with everyday spices that can really enhance the taste of the recipe.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian, Pakistani
Diet: Halal
Keyword: Aloo Matar Keema (Potatoes, Peas, and Ground Beef Curry), gosht, green spinach curry, mutton, palak gosht, spinach
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 24kcal
Author: Sarah Mirza

Equipment

  • blender
  • Instant Pot

Ingredients

Onion Puree

  • 1 onion pyaz

Tomato Puree

  • 2 medium tomatoes tamatar

Spinach Puree

  • 2 bunches spinach palak
  • 2 green peppers hari mirch
  • ¼ bunch cilantro danya
  • ice baraf

Curry

  • 1 lbs meat (goat, mutton) bakray ka gosht
  • 4 tbsp ginger garlic paste adrak lehsun ka paste
  • ¼ cup olive oil tel
  • 1 tbsp yogurt dahi
  • water pani

Whole Spices

  • 4 cloves long
  • 2 green cardamoms hari elachi
  • 4 black peppercorns sabut kali mirch
  • 2 black cardamom kali elachi
  • 1 cinnamom dal chini

Powder Spices

Tampering

  • 3 dried long red peppers sukhi huwi lambi lal mirch
  • 5 garlic cloves (chopped) lehsun kay jaway
  • cup olive oil zaytun ka tel

Garnish

  • 1 tbsp fenugreek leave sukhi methi

Instructions

Blanching the spinach

  • Fill a medium pot with water, and fill a large mixing bowl with water and fill it with ice It should be extremely cold.
  • Place the pot with water on the stove and let it come to a boil.
  • Turn off the stove and place pot with the boiling water and the mixing bowl that has the ice water side by side.
  • Place the spinach in a stainer and place the stainer in the boiling water. Let it submerge with the help of a tong move the spinach around for 1 minute.
  • Place tha stainer in ice cold water with the spinach. Move the spinach around with the help of a tong for 1 minute.
  • Discard the water from the pot and the mixing bowl.

Spinach Mixture

  • Now place the cold spinach in a blender.
  • Next add in cilantro and green peppers and blend for 2 minutes.
  • Take out the spinach mixture in a bowl. Set aside.

Onion Puree

  • Now don't wash the blender, add in the onion and ½ cup of water.
  • Blend for 2 minutes. Take the mixture out in a bowl. The puree is going to be green because of residue from the spinach mixture.

Tomato Puree

  • Wash the blender, add in tomatoes and ½ cup of water in the blender.
  • Blend for a minute and take the tomato puree out in a bowl, set aside.

Curry

  • In an Instant Pot, on sauté mode, add ¼ cup oil let it heat up.
  • Then add the whole spices and sauté that for 30 seconds.
  • Next add in the onion puree and sauté it for 2 minutes.
  • Now add in ginger garlic paste sauté that for 1 minute.
  • Add in the meat sauté it for 2 minutes.
  • Now add in yogurt and mix the yogurt for 1 minute.
  • Next add in powder spices and salt mix it for 2 minutes.
  • Add in tomato puree and mix it well for 2 minutes.
  • Now seal the lid and pressure it for 12 minute.
  • Add in the spinach mixture and mix well on the lowest setting of "sauté" mode cook it for 10 minutes.
  • Garnish with dried fenugreek.

Tempering

  • Add ⅓ cup oil in a fry pan, let it heat up on medium heat on stovetop.
  • Next add in chopped garlic, let it get golden then place dried long red peppers in.
  • Mix it for 30 seconds. Turn off the stove.
  • Place the tempering mixture on the Palak Gosht in the Instant pot.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 24kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 0.4mg | Sodium: 49mg | Potassium: 80mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 110IU | Vitamin C: -21mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 4mg