PUNJABI DISHES: Palak Gosht

Palak Gosht   

Ingredients :  Garlic paste – 1 tbsp  Chopped green chilies – 5  Bay leaves – 2  Spinach – 500 gms  Salt to taste  Garam masala whole – 1 tbsp   Oil – 4 tbsp  Red chili powder – 1 tsp  Mutton – 500 gms  Cumin seeds – 1 tsp  Onions sliced – 1 cup 

Method : 

1. Clean, wash and cut lamb into even sized pieces. 
2. Boil spinach in salted boiling water for one minute. 
3. Remove well and grind it along with green chilies to a rough paste.  
4. Heat up oil in a thick bottomed pan. 
5. Mix in bay leaves, whole garam masala and cumin seeds. 
6. When cumin seeds begin to crackle, mix in cut onions. 
7. Stir fry till onions are translucent. 
8. Mix in ginger-garlic paste, red chili powder and then mix in lamb pieces.     
9. Stir fry on high flame stirring constantly. 
10. Mix in three cup of water and stir fry covered until lamb is almost done. 
11. Mix in salt and spinach and stir fry till lamb is fully mixed with spinach and tender. 
12. Serve hot.