This slow cooker goat curry is one of my most popular recipes on the blog, and everyone who tries it seems to love it! Slow-cooking goat meat with Indian spices results in a perfectly tender, juicy, and flavorful curry.
(Update: a lot of you are asking about an Instant Pot version of this recipe – you can find my Instant Pot Goat Curry!)
What is Goat Curry?
Whenever I make this slow cooker goat curry, I make sure to relish every bite of it. It disappears quickly around here. The sauce is full of flavor, and the meat, when cooked slow, becomes perfectly tender and juicy.
If you haven’t had goat meat before, you’re in for a treat. Goat meat is prevalent in North India; it’s more popular than lamb or beef. My parents were both born in North India, and they ate goat meat once a week. Neither of them tried lamb until they moved to the States. Growing up, my mom cooked goat meat very often at our house. Unfortunately, I missed out on too many of those tasty meals. When I was younger, I’d turn my nose up at anything other than chicken breast. Oh, how times have changed (for the better). If you’ve never eaten goat meat, I encourage you to give it a try. It’s fairly similar to lamb or beef, and when cooked properly, it’s fantastic.
How to Make Goat Curry
When you make this goat curry recipe, add all of the ingredients listed below to your crockpot except for the tomatoes, water, and garam masala. You’ll add these three things an hour before serving. You don’t want to add any liquid to start because you want the onions to caramelize in the crockpot. It’ll make for a more tasty masala.
Set the slow cooker on high for four hours, stirring every hour or so to make sure nothing burns. After four hours, you’ll add the final ingredients and let it all stew together for another hour or until the meat is falling apart. Serve it with my Plain Basmati Rice or use my Paleo Naan, or Paleo Roti to help you scoop up this deliciously spiced, melt-in-your-mouth goat meat curry.
If you’re feeling adventurous, give this a try. Trust me, your taste buds will thank you.
For those who already eat and enjoy goat meat, I’d love it if you’d leave a comment letting others know why you like goat meat (and also what you think of my recipe!) 🙂
And I’m guessing that since you’ve read this far, you’re probably a fan of Indian food? If so, check out my cookbooks for even more recipes!
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds goat meat
- 4 whole cloves or a pinch of ground cloves
- 2 cardamom pods or a pinch of ground cardamom
- 2 red onions chopped
- 1 ½ inch knob fresh ginger minced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1-2 Serrano pepper minced
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder
- 2 teaspoons salt adjust to taste
- 2 teaspoons Kashmiri chili powder or Paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- ⅛ – ¼ teaspoon cayenne to taste
Add later:
- 1 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon garam masala to taste
- ½ – 1 cup water depending on how thick you’d like the curry
Instructions
- In a coffee grinder, finely grind cloves and cardamom.
- In crock pot, add all ingredients listed except tomatoes, water and garam masala (you will add this at the end).
- Set to high and cook for 4 hours – stirring the curry every hour or so.
- After four hours, add tomatoes, garam masala and water. Cook on high for another hour or until the meat is tender.
Notes
- You don’t need to add liquid in this recipe until the very end. The goat meat releases its own liquid! The reason you don’t want to add water in the beginning is because you want the onions to caramelize in the crockpot. It’ll make for a more tasty masala. Trust the recipe as written 😉
- you can use boneless or bone-in goat stew meat. Typically we get goat leg cut into pieces.
- Looking for an instant pot version of this recipe? You can find my instant pot goat curry here.
Ke’ says
So you don’t brown the goat meat initially?
Bec Wootton says
Hi can I make this in a pressure cooker?
Zizi says
Would really love to make this but I only have a pressure cooker.Can I use it instead of slow cooker? Hope to hear from you soon.Thank you so much! 🙏🏻
Peter says
First time cooking goat and even using a slow cooker. Have eaten goat before but not like this.
Verdict? Delicious!!!!!!!!! With just enough kick with the heat
I have a number of work colleagues from India, who I promised to give a sample of my efforts. I prefer to start from scratch using authentic ingredients – not those pastes.
Used 2 x 400g tins of tomatoes – it too nearly caught me out as generally use 1. 28oz = 800g and no issues with the dish being watery.
Google search for goat curries got this page as the first hit (and I looked over the other 4 following this page and I thought, must be a reason it’s in first place?)
Shall check out your other recipes!
Cheers from Down Under!
Wesley coker says
I’ve never eaten bad goat and ive had it quite a few different ways. It’s delicious, much mych better than wtf you would expect a goat to taste like. If you like lamb then try goat you will not be disappointed
Gerard says
Your blend of spices to make curry we’re very tasty and authentic but a little bit mild for my taste. When making this dish I made up a good size batch of spices to make a curry. So I’ve got a fair amount left over for future use. What would you suggest that I add to take it from miles to medium? Goat meat is too expensive in our area, North florida, so I used lamb neck. It had excellent flavor it’s just that I would like it wee bit hotter.
Heather says
This was delicious and enjoyed by all the family. It was easy too. Thank you!
Ashley - My Heart Beets says
Heather, so happy to hear that! Thanks for letting me know how much you like this 🙂
Jane P x says
Gorgeous authentic curry! This is the first time I’ve made this, my husband brought home a couple of goats legs from his last hunting expedition and I’ll admit, I was a little confounded as to what to do with them. Someone told me to look for a good goat curry, and here we are! Ridiculously easy recipe to follow, produces a standout authentic curry, and I know exactly what I’ll be doing with the other leg still in my freezer. My youngest son said it was spicy yummy, and I agree!
Bernie says
This was super easy to make and absolutely delicious. One of the best curries I’ve ever made. Disregard the critical reviews, they are doing something wrong.
Ashley - My Heart Beets says
Bernie, so happy to hear that! Thanks for letting me know how much you like this 🙂
Sheenam says
I tried making this for the first time ever and it turned out to be the best i’ve ever eaten, everyone loved it. Thank you so much for the recipe
Ashley - My Heart Beets says
Happy to hear that! Thanks Sheenam!
Denise says
Made this today and it was so easy and delicious!!!
Ashley - My Heart Beets says
Denise, I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks for letting me know how it turned out for you!