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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Learning what some of the words mean helps.

Saag paneer and palak paneer virtually the same thing - I think both Saag and Palak means spinach

[b]Ghosh[/b] mean lamb, etc 
Try different dishes, a different restaurants and you’ll get a sense of what is common and what is unique. The good thing is there’s no real long-term consequences for choosing something you don’t like.[/quote]

Saag is a way of preparing a spiced dish of greens that resembles a mash.  Saag paneer means "Cooked Greens - with cheese".  Palak means spinach. Saag means a dish of cooked greens mash.

Saag can be made of spinach or a combo of greens including spinach, mustard greens, collard greens, fenugreek greens, onion greens, radish greens, dill greens etc.  In this country, my saag preps also contains broccoli, cauliflower greens, cabbage greens, onion and garlic greens.   So, palak paneer or saag paneer both can point to a mashed greens dish with cheese (paneer) - generally for Indian cuisine as served in restaurants - both palak paneer and saag peneer will contain spinach as the main green ingredient.

Kofta is a cooked ball of vegetarian or non-vegetarian ingredients.  Think of it as a meatball but could be made of meat, veggies, cheese, lentils etc.

GOSHT just means meat.   It can mean lamb, goat, pork or beef.   It does not include any fish/seafood or poultry/birds.

(GHOSH is a famous Bengali Surname.  Like BOSE is a famous Bengali Surname - you know that Indian guy who made the speakers, sound systems and noise cancelling head phones and started this company called BOSE?   
GOSHT    =/=    GHOSH    =/=   GHOST)
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