Gosht is the transliteration for the Persian word گوشت, meaning meat or flesh, which has been adopted by South Asian languages.Gosht is an essential part of Pakistani cuisine, which features many meat-based gravies. A wide variety of meats are used in Pakistan.In India, gosht dishes are likely to be made with goat or mutton. In India the term "mutton" is more likely to mean goat rather than adult sheep, as it does elsewhere in the English-speaking world.