Wedding style Naan Gosht
The famous Gujarati celebratory meal eaten on Eid day, Weddings, Aqeeqahs and the odd family get together. This epic lamb/mutton curry is traditionally eaten with fluffy moreish 'Guji Naans' to mop up the rich and indulgent sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 kg lamb, mutton or beef; this recipe works best with boned meat, use lamb or mutton shoulder, or shin of beef
- 3 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 medium stick of cinnamon
- 3 green cardamoms
- 5 cloves
- ½ tsp black pepper pods
- 2 fresh or dry bay leaves
- 1½ tsp garlic paste
- 1½ tsp ginger paste
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- salt to taste. We use 1½tsp per kg.
- 2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tbsp cumin powder
- 2 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp tandoori powder
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
- ½ tin plum tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 100 g natural yogurt
- 4 bullet chillies; for garnish
- coriander leaves; chopped for garnish
- 100 ml sunflower oil
- water Add as required.
Instructions
- Fry the following dry spices in sunflower oil;cumin seeds, cinnamon stick, cardamom, bay leaves, black pepper pods and cloves.
- Add in the sliced onions.
- Fry on medium heat, whilst stirring every few minutes.
- The frying of the onions is one of the key elements to getting a great Naan Gosht,
- You want the onions to get to a deep caramelisation.
- Deep golden brown colour, on the verge of burning!! You may want to lower the heat towards the end of this stage.
- At this stage, you may remove the excess oil, to make the dish healthier!
- However, Naan Gosht is a celebratory dish and is served with a Tari/Rogan (a layer of fat on top).
- Add garlic & ginger pastes, salt, turmeric and black pepper powder; fry until the garlic and ginger paste become fragrant.
- Add the red meat and stir to combine the masala with the meat. (I was making for 30+ people, however, you can scale up the recipe as required)
- Cook covered on medium heat until all the water from the meat evaporates.
- 30mins into the cook.
- If you are using a mature animal such as mutton or beef, you may need to add ½ cup hot/boiling water and cook until the meat starts to become tender, but still has bite.
- After the meat is 80% cooked (becoming tender, but still has bite) add the following spices; coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder, and tandoori powder.
- Also add the chopped fresh tomatoes, the tin tomatoes, tomato puree and the natural yogurt.
- Cook until the fresh tomatoes fully dissolve into the meat sauce.
- Finally, add bullet chillis and cook for 5mins (to soften them).Garnish with fresh coriander.
- Serve with Guji Naans. The soft, pillowy Naans are perfect for soaking up the rich and indulgent sauce.
The first haloodiefoodie recipe I attempted and I’ve been hooked ever since. The best Naan Gosht 🙌🏻
Alhamdolillah, I’m glad you enjoyed the Naan Gosht recipe. Its a really nostalic recipe for most Gujis.
This gosh recipe is the exact one you get at all the functions, just as tasty, mouth watering and extremely easy to follow. Mr haloodie has made sure we know exactly what to do by including a detailed video. May God bless you brother
Alhamdolillah, I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe. Thanks for the feedback and support
This is how I discovered haloodiefoodies page and this is the very recipe I made. This is the only naan ghost recipe my kids consume. Always a winner.
Aww, thanks for the amazing feedback! The Naan gosht evokes the most powerful memories for most Gujis! You just need the small plastic sweet packs to complete the nostalgic experience,
Will definitely try this reciepe at Eid
Honestly, this recipe is so nostalgic. It evokes deep memories of Weddings and Eid days
After leaving a review on my first recipe I followed it’s just right I comment on my second and third recipes I followed. This was probably the best gosht I’ve ever cooked and you know what due to this recipe I feel confident to invite guests over and cook for them!! It’s so easy to follow and the flavour of the masala is just amazing! Jzk once again for taking time out to upload these recipes.
This is a proper guji wedding recipe.
It’s nostalgic and holds amazing memories for many followers. I’m glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely delicious… my daughter has asked for this to be cooked every week now
Aww. Mashallah. Thanks for the comment. Inshallah one day your children will make Naan gosht for you!
Absolutely divine!! I have always been a bit scared to make naan gosh.. but this recipe is so easy to follow.. mashallah the whole family really enjoyed!! Jzk for sharing
I’m glad you enjoyed our recipe. It’s a wedding favourite and very nostalgic!
Amazing recipe. What size tomatoes do you use as sometimes it tastes too tomatoey?
Medium size tomatoes! It maybe the tinned tomatoes you are using. Furthermore, if you are making a larger batch you should use less tomatoes per kg and then adjust to taste. I hope this helps☺️
How can we adjust this recipe for eg 30-40 people? Jzk.
This recipes serves 5, for 10 people simply double the amount, the same principle applies for greater numbers.