Kashmiri Gustaba

Gushtaba, also spelled goshtaba, is part of Kashmir’s wazwan meal. Meat and fat are traditionally pounded into a paste and shaped into meatballs, which are cooked in a yogurt-based gravy with mutton broth. Cardamom, dried ginger and fennel flavour the sauce.^[1][2]

The meatballs have a smooth, soft texture and the yogurt gravy is thick. Gushtaba is served as a final savoury course of wazwan, before dessert. Rista, another meatball dish in the same meal, has a red, spicy gravy.^[1]