Gosht

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Gosht is the transliteration for the Urdu and Persian word گوشت, meaning meat or flesh.^[1]

In Pakistan, nearly all dishes contain meat mostly beef, mutton, goat, lamb, sheep, chicken, fish, etc. The Muslim culinary laws are respected in Pakistani dishes.

When Indian dishes are translated and adapted for western audiences, lamb is the meat most often used in the adaptation. This has led to a common misconception that gosht means lamb. In India, gosht dishes are just as likely to be made with goat or mutton. It should be noted, though, in India mutton is more likely to mean adult goat rather than sheep meat. The Hindu prohibition against the eating of beef and Muslim prohibition against the eating of pork, gosht will never refer to the use of these meats in an Indian recipe.

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