One ingredient, four cultures: Goat

Recipes 

Mexico 

Braised goat with tortillas (birria) 

Originating in the Mexican state of Jalisco, the name of this meal stems from the Spanish word for 'poor quality'.

Nepal 

Chargrilled goat skewers with achar 

This dish comes from the Newar people, Nepal’s indigenous community from the Kathmandu Valley. The goat is rubbed in herbs and spices, and then traditionally, the skewers would be roasted over a wood fire. 

Italy 

Pappardelle with goat ragu (pappardelle con ragú di capretto) 

Capretto is Italian for kid goat and the lean meat comes from goats that are milk-fed and are between four and eight weeks old. 

Indian 

Goat do piazza 

There is some debate surrounding the exact origins of this onion-based curry. Some credit the dish to Mullah Do Piaza, purportedly one of Moghul Emperor Akbar’s courtiers in the 16th century, whom, according to folk stories, created the dish.

Photography by John Laurie