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{{short description|Persian word for meat}}
{{for|places in Iran|Gosht, Iran (disambiguation){{!}}Gosht, Iran}}
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{{more citations needed|date=May 2010}}
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| name             = Gosht (گوشت)
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| region           = [[Middle East]], [[Central Asia]], [[Indian subcontinent]]
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| course           = 
| sport       = [[Meat]]
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| main_ingredient  = [[Goat meat]]
| variations       = [[Mutton]], [[beef]]
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'''Gosht''' or '''ghosht''' refers to tender meat, cooked for a long time, and used as an ingredient in a number of [[Middle Eastern cuisine]], [[Central Asian cuisine]] and [[cuisine of the Indian subcontinent]]. The word stems from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word '''gosht''' {{lang|fa|گوشت}}, meaning "[[meat]]" or "flesh", especially that of [[goat]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.urduword.com/search.php?Roman=gosht | title= gosht | website= UrduWord.com| publisher= | date= | accessdate=}}</ref>

In India, most gosht dishes include goat or [[mutton]]. In India, the term ''mutton'' is more likely to refer to the meat of a goat rather than that of an adult sheep, as it does elsewhere in the English-speaking world. When [[Indian Cuisine|Indian dishes]] are adapted for Western diners, [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]] is the meat most often used in the adaptation. This has led to a common misconception that gosht means "lamb".{{citation needed| date=November 2015}}

The popular [[Indian subcontinent]]al dish of [[Biryani]] as well as the [[Afghan cuisine|Afghan]] dish of Biryan use ''Gosht'' as a primary ingredient.<ref name="ndtvravish">{{cite AV media |people=Ravish Kumar interviews historian Sohali Hashmi |date=9 September 2016 |title=प्राइम टाइम : क्या-क्या अलग करेंगे बिरयानी से? |trans-title=Prime Time: What will separate from Biryani? |medium=Television production |language=hi |url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/video/show/prime-time/prime-time-what-will-be-separate-from-biryani-430689?yt |access-date=19 October 2016 |time= |location=Old Delhi |publisher=NDTV}}</ref>

Some dishes include:

* [[Bhuna]] gosht, a curry with a thick, reduced sauce
* [[Karahi]] or Kadhai gosht, cooked in a traditional round-sided pot
* Raan gosht, roasted leg of mutton
* [[Dal]] gosht, with lentils or peas
* [[Nihari]] gosht, a meat stew
* Rara gosht, roasted mutton curry 
* [[Saag]] gosht, with cooked spinach leaves or mustard greens
* [[Biryani]] gosht, especially the non-vegetarian version of it

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[[Category:Bengali curries]]
[[Category:Indian curries]]
[[Category:Pakistani curries]]
[[Category:Pakistani meat dishes]]
[[Category:Persian words and phrases]]
[[Category:South Asian curries]]
[[Category:Urdu-language words and phrases]]
[[Category:Bengali words and phrases]]
[[Category:Bengali cuisine]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi cuisine]]


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