Azra Syed’s Recipe for Braised Meat with Whole Spices (Kharay Masalay Bhuna Gosht)
Learn how to make this flavorful braised meat recipe from an expert grandma herself.
Kharay Masalay ka Bhuna Gosht
Grandmother Azra Syed brings another special Pakistani recipe, which may require a little more time to cook, but the taste is definitely worth the wait!
Whole spices and other ingredients of this recipe are braised and slow-cooked with the meat, then merged together with the help of moistening agents like yogurt, so that a thick masala sauce is achieved at the end.
Ingredients for the stuffed Bitter Gourd (2020)SOCH Outreach Foundation
Ingredients
1 kg / 2 pounds mutton, beef or chicken
1 sliced onion
1/2 cup whipped yogurt
2 tbsp ginger puree
2 tbsp garlic puree
5-6 peppercorns
3-4 black cardamom
3-4 green cardamom
2 bay leaves
2 tbsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp coriander powder
1/2 cup fried onions
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
Oil being added to a cooking pan (2020)SOCH Outreach Foundation
Step 1
Oil is first poured into a pan.
Bitter Gourd in the making: Sliced onions being added to a cooking vessel (2020)SOCH Outreach Foundation
Step 2
Once the oil is heated, sliced onions are added.
Cubes of chopped beef are introduced to a cooking vessel (2020)SOCH Outreach Foundation
Step 3
As the onions brown, the meat is added next.
Step 4: Add the ginger & garlic puree, a teaspoon of coarsely ground red chilies, whole peppercorns, green cardamom and cinnamon sticks.
Step 5: Add bay leaves, cilantro powder and salt.
Step 6: Mix thoroughly and add extra fried onions halfway through the cooking process.
Whipped yogurt is added to the mixture in the cooking vessel (2020)SOCH Outreach Foundation
Along with whipped yogurt.
Braised cubes of meat being slow cooked in a pan (2020)SOCH Outreach Foundation
Step 7
Cook the mixture down for approximately 20 mins, till the onions lose their shape.
White vinegar is added to the grated carrot mixture (2020)SOCH Outreach Foundation
Step 8
Add water periodically to ensure that the ingredients do not burn while simmering.
Step 9: Add freshly chopped cilantro leaves and whole green chilies at the end of the cooking process.
Slow braised meat with whole spices (2020)SOCH Outreach Foundation
The dish is ready to be served.
Produced by SOC Films
Project Director: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Producers: Syed Ayub , Sameer Khan
Project Manager: Huma Shah
Director of Photography: Murtaza Ali
Photography: Karim Baig , Murtaza Ali
Photography Editor: Karim Baig
Additional Video & Photography: Khurram Victor
Exhibits Writer: Nazia Latif , Sameer Khan
Exhibits : Syed Ayub , Sameer Khan
Art Direction : Rahat Niazi
Associate Producer : Asad Pabani
Video Editors: Nina Zehri, Farhad Jamali
Color Grade: Sourath Behan
Additional Video Editing: Mishal Adhami
Sound Design: Sameer Khan
