Gosht

{{short description|Persian word for meat}}

{{for|places in Iran|Gosht, Iran (disambiguation){{!}}Gosht, Iran}}

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| region = Middle East, Central Asia, Indian subcontinent

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| main_ingredient = Goat meat

| variations = Mutton, beef

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Gosht or ghosht refers to tender meat, cooked for a long time, and used as an ingredient in a number of Middle Eastern cuisine, Central Asian cuisine and cuisine of the Indian subcontinent. The word stems from the Persian word gosht {{lang|fa|گوشت}}, meaning "meat" or "flesh", especially that of goat.{{cite web| url= http://www.urduword.com/search.php?Roman=gosht | title= gosht | website= UrduWord.com| publisher= | date= | accessdate=}}

In India, most gosht dishes include goat or mutton. In India, the term mutton is more likely to refer to the meat of a goat rather than that of an adult sheep, as it does elsewhere in the English-speaking world. When Indian dishes are adapted for Western diners, lamb is the meat most often used in the adaptation. This has led to a common misconception that gosht means "lamb".{{citation needed| date=November 2015}}

The popular Indian subcontinental dish of Biryani as well as the Afghan dish of Biryan use Gosht as a primary ingredient.{{cite AV media |people=Ravish Kumar interviews historian Sohali Hashmi |date=9 September 2016 |title=प्राइम टाइम : क्या-क्या अलग करेंगे बिरयानी से? |trans-title=Prime Time: What will separate from Biryani? |medium=Television production |language=hi |url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/video/show/prime-time/prime-time-what-will-be-separate-from-biryani-430689?yt |access-date=19 October 2016 |time= |location=Old Delhi |publisher=NDTV}}

Some dishes include:

• Bhuna gosht, a curry with a thick, reduced sauce
• Karahi or Kadhai gosht, cooked in a traditional round-sided pot
• Raan gosht, roasted leg of mutton
• Dal gosht, with lentils or peas
• Nihari gosht, a meat stew
• Rara gosht, roasted mutton curry
• Saag gosht, with cooked spinach leaves or mustard greens
• Biryani gosht, especially the non-vegetarian version of it