- Any taste
- Savory22
- Spicy23
- Sweet23
- Sour6
- Smoky2
- Rich21
- Fresh5
- Any ingredient
- Beef1
- Pork2
- Lamb4
- Chicken7
- Fish1
- Seafood1
- Egg2
- Dairy & cheese21
- Beans & tofu13
- Rice16
- Wheat & flour14
- Corn1
- Potato5
- Vegetables10
- Nuts & seeds6
- Any type
- Main dish20
- Rice dish5
- Bread & pastry5
- Street food7
- Dessert17
- Snack2
- Drink7
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How to pronounce Gushtaba
Gushtaba is written गुश्तबा where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ɡɔʃt̪aːbɨ/. In plain English letters that is GOHSH-tah-buh, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.
What is Gushtaba?
Gushtaba is a main dish of India. Where it comes from: Jammu and Kashmir. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are lamb and dairy & cheese. It tastes rich.
Where Gushtaba comes from
Gushtaba is one of 63 signature dishes of India on this map. See all dishes from Jammu and Kashmir.
- Rogan josh रोगन जोश
Rogan josh is an aromatic curried red-meat dish of Kashmiri cuisine, dating from the time of the Mughal Empire.
- Noon chai नून चाय
Noon chai, also called sheer chai, Kashmiri tea, pink tea or gulabi chai, is a traditional tea drink from Kashmir.
- Hyderabadi biryani हैदराबादी बिरयानी
Biryani reached India with Persian and Mughal cooks, and Hyderabad, ruled for two centuries by the Nizams, made its own version the city's signature.
- Masala dosa ಮಸಾಲೆ ದೋಸೆ
A dosa is a thin, crisp pancake of fermented rice and black-gram batter, and dosas have been eaten in south India for centuries.
- Butter chicken मुर्ग़ मखनी
Butter chicken, or murgh makhani, has a clear modern origin.
- Vada pav वडा पाव
Vada pav is Mumbai's street food: a spiced potato fritter in chickpea batter, pressed into a soft bread roll called pav with garlic and green chutneys and a fried chilli.
Dishes like Gushtaba in other countries
Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Gushtaba:
- Ali nazik
Ali nazik is a home-style dish of Gaziantep in south-east Türkiye: aubergines are charred over coals until the skin is black and the flesh smoky, then mashed with garlicky yogurt, and topped with cubes of lamb sautéed in butter and drizzled with more butter.
- Moussaka μουσακάς
Layered aubergine dishes were cooked across the Ottoman world and the Arab world, and the name comes from Arabic.
- Mansaf منسف
Mansaf is lamb cooked in jameed, a sauce made from dried, salted sheep's or goat's yogurt, served on a large tray over thin shrak bread and a mound of rice, scattered with toasted almonds and pine nuts.
- Kirchtagssuppe Kärntner Kirchtagssuppe
Kirchtagssuppe, "church fair soup", also called sour soup, is a regional speciality of Austria at home in Carinthia, where the Kirchtag, the parish fair, is a traditional occasion for a lavish meal.