Indian Lamb Roast (Thakurdar Nona Gosht)
The preparation for this grand dish begins 15 days before Christmas when the leg of a male goat or lamb is marinated in a rich sauce and then sealed in a clay pot. The sealed clay pot is then buried in a specially dug pit for 15 days. On Christmas day, the mutton leg is dug out and roasted. Thakurda in Bengali means “grandfather”, nona means “salty” and gosht means “meat”. The salty is a reference to the 15 days of curing the meat.
- Time: 408 min
- Servings: 6
Source: Indrani's food and technology blog
Ingredients
- of lamb or mutton leg
- mustard oil
- cinnamon stick 4 cloves 6 cardamoms ground finely
- Marinade and Sauce
- large handful coriander leaves )
- garlic
- cm ginger, ground to a paste
- of cashew nuts
- of raisins
- of almonds
- green chillies
- rum
- curd
- mustard oil )
- of salt
- nutmeg