This goat curry can also be made with lamb with great results!
In India and Pakistan, goat meat is used much more often than lamb. Goat meat has a flavour that when cooked correctly is melt-in-the-mouth gorgeous! Unfortunately it isn’t all that easy to find in North Yorkshire.
So when I was contacted by Jeanette at Alternative Meats I was over the moon. Jeanette offered to send me some kid goat meat which I served my family over the weekend.
One of the great things about food blogging and social media is that you come across some great companies that you may otherwise never have found. I am really looking forward to trying some of the other meat available at Alternative Meats! They sell rose veal, kobe beef, goat, bison and some really interesting looking game from all around the world.
For now, however I want to rave about the goat meat.
Goat meat needs to be cooked longer than other meats. Be sure to marinate the meat for at least three hours. I marinated mine for 48 hours. The longer marinating time helps tenderises the meat.
Also, leave yourself enough time for the meat to cook. I usually cook goat meat for about three hours which is twice as long as I would cook lamb.
Personally I prefer the delicious flavour of goat meat to lamb in curries. If you've tried goat, you will probably know what I mean. If not, give goat a try! It is so good!
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Sweet, Sour And Ever So Slightly Spicy Rajasthani Goat Curry
Ingredients
- 500g goat meat cut into 3/4” cubes
- 500ml goat, lamb, beef or veal stock
- FOR THE MARINADE
- 200ml plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon pureed garlic
- 1 tablespoon pureed ginger
- A pinch of coriander powder
- 1 tablespoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- FOR THE SAUCE
- 3 tablespoons ghee or clarified butter
- 2 large white onions finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 4 black cardamom pods
- 4 green cardamom pods
- 4 cloves
- 1 four inch cinnamon stick
- 2 tablespoon garlic puree
- 2 tablespoons ginger puree
- 2 tablespoons sweet mango chutney
- A pinch of ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon dry fenugreek leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon tamarind pulp or 3 tablespoon lime juice
Instructions
- First make the marinade. Combine all of the marinade ingredients in a large bowl.
- Place the goat meat in the marinade and ensure it is mixed well. You could rub the marinade into the meat with your hands. I do.
- Cover the meat with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least three hours or as long as 48 hours.
- In the meantime, take one of the chopped onions and fry it very slowly over low heat in about one tablespoon of the ghee and the sugar. You want the onion to be translucent and glossy brown. This could take about half hour. Once fried, place in a food processor or pestle and mortar and blend/pound to a paste.
- This onion paste can be used immediately or stored in the fridge for up to three days.
- When you're ready to make the curry, heat the remaining ghee in a large pan or wok.
- Toss in the cinnamon stick, cloves and the cardamom pods.
- When the spices become quite fragrant - about fifteen seconds - pour in the remaining chopped onion.
- Stir the onion to combine with the spices.
- Scrape as much of the marinade off the meat as you can and then add the meat to the pan and brown it for about five minutes. Be sure to retain any leftover marinade.
- Now add the garlic and ginger purees, the mango chutney and the nutmeg before pouring in the stock.
- Bring to a nice bubble and allow to simmer for about three hours. Three hours is not in stone! Check the meat after about two hours. The curry is ready when the goat meat is very tender.
- Just before serving, add the fenugreek leaves, the tamarind or lime juice and salt and pepper to taste. I used lime juice by the way.
- Then add the remaining marinade one tablespoon at a time while stirring continuously. If you don't have very much marinade, you might like to add another one to three tablespoon of plain yogurt.
Disclaimer:The goat meat was sent to me free of charge to try by Alternative Meats. Thank you so much Jeanette!
Debs @ The Spanish Wok says
Hi Dan, I love goat. Tried it about 3 months ago in a local restaurant and fell in love with it. Not a big fan of lamb, but goat is amazing.
Despite living in Spain where we have goats a plenty, it's not that easy to buy. Have to approach the local goat herder and beg for it LOL.
Dan Toombs says
Great to hear Debs. I love it too. In fact my daughter won't eat lamb but has decided goat is fine. LOL. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Laura McIntosh says
Having a half Jamaican family, curried goat is something I'm pretty familiar with, but this new recipe is a fantastic new treat for me! 🙂 I added a little bit more chilli than the recipe called for as I like the heat, but thank you so much for this! 😀 Can't wait to try it again!
Dan Toombs says
Thank you very much for trying it Laura. I use more chilli to. I had to start toning it down in my recipes as I was getting complaints. LOL.
Laraine says
Hi Dan,
We love goat too and I get my goat from Leeds market from the South African Butcher, Pierre and it is amazing. :o)
Simon Dent says
Since buying your book,I’ve not had any problems,cooked trini goat a few times,so decided to try an Indian version,I’m lucky enough to have a good butcher who provides wonderful goat,and boom,another great recipe,please continue to provide lovely recipes ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍
Dan Toombs says
Thanks so much and great that you can find goat so easily. I love it in a curry.
Dan