TABAK MAAZ

Tabak maaz is one of the dishes from the wazwaan. Wazwaan is an special course meal served in kashmiri weddings. It consists of mouthwatering dishes which are unique and lipsmackingly good. These dishes are also served on special occasions. 

Tabak Maaz is served as a starter and its crispy skin outside and fatty meat inside leaves you craving for more.

Ingredients:

Lamb ribs 500grams( fat ones)
Garlic pearls 2-4
Shont/ dry ginger powder 1/2 tsp
2 Black cardamom crushed
3 Green cardamom crushed
3 cloves
1 tsp fennel seed powder
1 tsp turmeric
100 ml ghee
Salt to taste
Water 

Method:

Wash the ribs and put them in a vessel and pour water enough to immerse the ribs and put it on stove on high flame. Let it boil for 5 minutes and  remove any scum which floats on top of the water. Next add in cardamoms, cloves,garlic, dry ginger powder , fennel seed powder, turmeric, salt to taste. Let it cook until the ribs are cooked through. Then drain them in a colande. In a big pan pour in ghee in low flame fry the ribs until they turn golden on both the sides. Its outer skin should be crisp. 

Serve them hot with rice or as a starter with chutney.

Note:
You can also use pressure cooker to shorten the time and save fuel. But I prefer cooking it on open pot to monitor the ribs cooking. They should cook perfectly. Neither too soft nor too hard.