At the butcher, what kind of meat do you buy? How do u explain to them you want the best cut? Sometimes at halal meat stores, I find it hard to explain to them what exactly I want.
Also, in goat meat, what cuts do you use for regular salan? Do you buy shoulder part or leg part?
Re: what kind of meats do you buy?
SInce we live in an area where fresh halal meat is not availible, we buy a whole goat when are in Chicago. We jsut choose the goat, and they pack everything in small packages. I think the store we buy from is used to doing things in a certain way and we like waht they do, so never have to tell them we need a certain type of cut.
Sounds like i am no help at all, lol. But for salans and stuff, i try to find a packet with alot of meaty pieces instead of say chops or just bones with none/less meat. THose you can make yakhni out of or use to make shorbas.
Re: what kind of meats do you buy?
For regular salan i will prefer goat leg pice, specially for nihari and qoarma, well besides this u can use any kind of meat(shoulder) for regular salan besides the rib part that has more bones. Under cut meat is use specially for chinese dishes and i guess chops are for frying.
shoulder meat can also be used for pilaou biryani.
Re: what kind of meats do you buy?
Goat :( I dont like goat.
Heaps of Mince, not lean cause when making koftas or kebabs lean falls apart.
In beef, round steak or tenderchuck pieces are very good for making salans.
I dont buy the already cut botis, hate eating tiny pieces of bones stuck to the meat.
Sirloin if its just for making steaks.