Goat Roast, Easy Starter - IP, Stovetop Method

Goat roast is boneless goat cubes cooked until tender and pan roasted. It is an easy starter, side dish and a filling for wraps, rolls and tacos. A versatile dish that takes up many avatars as per need.

Boneless Goat Roast

Boneless goat roast or fry is an easy recipe where the meat is cut into bite size pieces, cooked with essential spices until tender. It is then pan roasted until dry, yet juice and finished off with peppers and onions cubes.

It is a good snack or starter for a any meal. Bite size cubes makes it an easy finger food. This roast is dry, hence makes a nice side dish as well. It also works as filling for tacos & wraps, and protein for salads.

Ingredients

It is a 5 ingredient recipe with when we group all the spices together as one. Spices for this recipe are basic ingredients available in any Indian kitchen and most kitchens around globe.

In case the spices are uncommon, substitute with basic spices in your kitchen. Scroll down to the recipe card for detailed list of ingredients.

• Goat Meat - use boneless meat; goat or lamb. We prefer goat. Cut meat into small bite size pieces.
• Spices - Ginger garlic paste, chili powder, coriander powder and garam masala is all you need. Other spices to consider are black pepper and cumin powder. Pick any of the spices to suit your palate.
• Onions - use red onions as the taste is mellow and does not over power the dish.
• Bell Peppers - use multi color pepper for a colorful roast. Red, orange, yellow along with green bell peppers. Our preference though is red and green pepper. Other peppers have a sweet touch.

Preparation

This is a one pot recipe when cooking an Instant Pot (IP) or on a stove top. Below collage is for preparation in IP. We can also cook meat on stovetop in a pressure cooker or in a frying pan.

This recipe does not require any prep work but for marination freaks like yours truly, marinate meat with ginger garlic paste, spices and keep aside for 1-2 hours or overnight in the refrigerator.

Instant Pot Method

Take marinate meat and oil in the inner pot of IP. Sprinkle some water, about 1 tbsp. This is not required but sometime IP gives a burnt warning otherwise. (step #1)

Close the lid of IP, vent sealed, pressure cook/manual for 5 minutes. Pressure cook time depends on the meat. This batch required only 5 minutes but usually it takes 6-8 minutes (step #2).

Let the pressure release naturally. It takes 8-10 minutes for the pressure to release naturally. Open the lid. Meat releases lot of juices, which you can see in step #3.

Turn off IP and set it on saute mode to evaporate excess juices and to roast the meat (step #4). This will take 4-5 minutes or longer depending on the liquid.

Add bell peppers and some onions, and continue roast (step #5). 2-3 minutes before the meat is nicely fried, add remaining onions. These onion will retain the crunch unlike the onions added earlier.

This step will take about 7-10 minutes. In the process, if the pot gets very hot and is burning, turn off IP, select 'saute' again and press adjust couple of times to change the setting to 'low'.

Turn off IP and transfer to a serving dish. Image #6 in the collage is the finished dish. Do not leave the finished dish in the IP for too long as the heating plate is still hot and goat will continue to cook, unless that is what you want.

Stovetop Pressure Cooker

Take marinated meat, oil, and saute meat for few minutes. Then sprinkle some water and pressure cook for 5-7 whistles. Reduce the flame and cook for another 5 minutes.

Pressure cook time depends on the how tender the goat is. 10 years ago when I posted the recipe, we did 7 whistles but now it is 5 whistles.

Let the pressure release naturally. Now, you can continue to roast the meat in pressure cook or transfer to a pan and fry until the meat is roasted.

Stovetop Pan

Take marinated meat, oil in a 10" wide pan and saute the meat for few minutes. Then sprinkle 2-3 tablespoons of water, cover and cook. Keep stirring in between and once it starts to boil, reduce the flame to medium.

Cover and continue to cook until meat is tender. Keep stirring in between and add more water as needed. It takes 30-45 minutes for the meat to cook.

Once the meat is tender, remove the cover and continue to fry to evaporate all the juices. Add bell peppers and fry for 5-8 minutes. Lastly add onions and fry for few minutes until onions are lightly cooked, yet retains the crunch.

Serving

Serve boneless goat roast as a starter or as a side dish for rice and roti. Use the meat to make rolls with roti. Add some green chutney, shredded lettuce to make a filling roll.

Goat roast makes a great filling for tacos and wraps as well. Another idea is to serve it on a bed of salad, which makes a great protein for salad and a wholesome meal.

Tips

• Refrigerated Marinated Meat - Before pressure cooking, bring marinated meat to room temperature. Before cooking, leave it on counter top for about 1 hour.
• Or saute the meat for few minutes and then pressure cooking. This way, meat pieces won't form a lump and will also cook evenly.
• Meal Planning - To reduce cooking time, pressure cook meat ahead and store it in the fridge or freeze. With preplanning, it is a 10 minute recipe.
• If frozen, thaw the meat in the fridge a day before preparation. Or thaw in microwave, microwave for 2-3 minutes.  It is ok if the meat is not completely thawed. Once you transfer it to the pan, cook on low flame until  meat is completely thawed.  Then increase the flame and follow rest of the preparation; reduce the liquids and roast with peppers onions. 

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This post was originally published in Jan 2011. Republished with new content and images.