Beef curry with prunes and potatoes, Gosht Aloo Bukhara Recipe

 

This is a sumptuous hot, sweet and sour curry, 'aloo gosht' means 'potatoes meat' here cooked with prunes which are apparently similar to 'bukhara' which are Indian plums. This dish comes from Bangladesh or Pakistan. It's a very unusual curry and it's flavours and spices illuminate your taste buds, it's an incredible dish.

Ingredients:

Beef diced
Onions

Tomatoes
Potatoes
Prunes

First set of spices
Fresh chillies
Dried Kashmir chillies
Garlic
Cloves

Black Cardamons 2
Green Cardamons 5 slightly squashed in a pestle and mortar
Cinnamon Stick

Second set of spices about a tsp of each
Ginger powder
Cumin

Coriander
Turmeric
Garam Masala
Tamarind

Method

Brown your beef and brown your diced onions, add the first set of spices and fry for a few minutes, then add the tomatoes and as they soften add the second set of spices, stir another minute and then add water to cover the curry, simmer for an hour. Then add your potatoes and prunes and simmer until the pots and beef are done, about half an hour.

You will love this.