Badami Gosht

Ingredients:
Almonds, blanched ½ cup
Mutton ½ kg
Saffron 8 – 10 strands
Yogurt 2 cups
Caraway seeds ¼ cup
Salt to taste
Oil ¼ cup
Cinnamon 2 stick
Green cardamom seeds ½ tsp
Cloves 6
Onions, chopped 2 large
Ginger, chopped 2 tsp
Garlic, chopped 3 cloves
Coconut milk 2 cups

Method

Mix yogurt, caraway seeds, salt, 1/3 cup milk and saffron in a bowl.
Add mutton and marinate for thirty minutes. 

Heat oil. 

Add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves. 

Sauté.
Add onions, ginger, garlic and sauté till onions are golden brown. 

Remove the mutton pieces from the marinade and add to the pan. 

Sauté till color changes.
Add very little water, almond paste, red chilies crushed to the marinade. 

Sauté for ten minutes.
Add coconut milk, simmer and cook till the mutton is tender. 

Remove the whole spices at the time of serving and serve hot.

Badami Gosht by Zarnak Sidhwa